awake

Example Sentences

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Afterwards, Page went to work and Stevenson was taken to the Royal London Hospital "awake and well enough to call my wife Karen from the ambulance".

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

But he told AFP he still wakes up sometimes in the middle of the night "wide awake thinking about this piece."

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

A few days ago, he was jolted awake by a loud bang around 5:40 a.m., he said, adding that a nearby ship had thick smoke billowing from it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

This may help reduce sleep like brain activity during the following day while a person is awake.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026

She’d lain awake for an hour the night before, thinking of all the things she was going to say when she met him.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr