awake

Example Sentences

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The old-school kind where everybody is mostly well-behaved and polite, and the audience scrolls on their phones to stay awake.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

But it isn’t just Chinese EVs that are keeping American car executives awake at night.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

"There are certain similarities with 2007 that keep me awake at night. The similarities are clear fragilities in the financial system that are not properly appreciated."

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

“The thing that really keeps me awake at night is the likelihood of a number of risks crystallizing at the same time,” Breeden told the BBC in an interview published Friday.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

That night I jerked awake to a shrill hum.

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