awake

"Whenever I was awake, I would try to find a way out," he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

She tries to stay awake during her commute to uni but admits sometimes "dosing off a bit"

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Some people can have caffeine late in the day and fall asleep easily, while others may remain awake for hours.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Last night I tried it, lying awake at 3 a.m., and it worked.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

I hissed one dark night when I knew that my restless tossing must be keeping her awake.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Ryan Gosling stars in the Amazon MGM film as a teacher-turned-astronaut who awakes on a spaceship with a mission to save Earth from a sun-dimming phenomenon.

From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026

When she awakes, he lies to her about what happened, and season one's cliffhanger ending leaves viewers with the strong impression that Ellie is well aware of the deception.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2025

When Phillips awakes, she’ll squeeze her eyes closed and try and coax the vision to return.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023

When she awakes, she learns from a sullen Al that Max and Greta are gone.

From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2022

‘What,’ Mangogul asks just before he awakes, ‘is this gigantic figure?’

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Satchell, who said the months at the Six Flags site were the highlight of her nursing career, told Dennis she’d awaked that morning sad to see it close.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2021

Peter Ricketts, formerly the head of Britain’s Foreign Office, said he had awaked to the news of Mrs. May “appealing to others to help her out of dilemmas of her own making.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2018

Thibault has discussed playing Delle Donne at multiple positions, even admitting he’s awaked in the middle of the night with new offensive ideas.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2017

The hotel staff, realizing it had awaked a lioness, swiftly rustled up an empty room on the 39th floor, where Ms. Jones ordered up a bottle of Champagne and fresh orange juice.

From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2015

“Who has awaked me? Who has broken the spell?” she asked.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis

So, by the time the game ended, Sasaki’s three-inning start seemed like a murky nightmare the Dodgers awoke from in a sweat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

When that man awoke he called for help.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

I awoke in Washington on a recent Thursday the proud owner of a pair of Donald Trump’s favorite shoes.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

"This awoke not just Michoacan, but all of Mexico," she told AFP while surrounded by bodyguards to keep would-be assassins at bay.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

On Friday morning, March 4, 1881, after sleeping only a few hours, Garfield awoke to sleet and snow.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

GRENOBLE, France—One night last week, Tour de France leader Tadej Pogacar was fast asleep on the shores of Lake Geneva when he was suddenly awoken by a knock at his hotel-room door.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Yellow jersey wearer Pogacar was awoken after the Dane at 05:00 to undergo doping controls and suggested the effects of Vingegaard's disrupted sleep could have been a factor in his crash.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Sajili said he was awoken by a fellow passenger as the triple-decker ferry began to tilt precariously.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

Palace night duty manager Abel Clarke said his room was above the golden toilet exhibition and that he was awoken by a fire alarm.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2025

I had the strange feeling that I’d just awoken from a dream, but I couldn’t remember what it was.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

I do luxuriate in awaking to no news deadlines, playing pickleball when court fees are low and cycling to the beach on a weekday morning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

“They have all had similar experiences with the Grants Pass police awaking them, moving them along, ticketing them, fining them, arresting them and/or criminally prosecuting them for living outside.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2022

After awaking, he tweeted that he was fortunate he fell ill in Britain instead of in the United States.

From Fox News ● Aug. 5, 2020

“We are unwilling to spin out our awaking thoughts into the phantasms of sleep, which often continueth praecogitations, making Cables of Cobwebbes and Wildernesses of handsome groves.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2020

Finally they fall asleep, awaking only when three Hitler Youths in uniform report for duty early the next morning.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti