wake up
Example Sentences
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Every day I wake up, I’m like, “I disavow myself.”
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
People in the U.S. need to wake up and not be compulsive: Quit buying things you really don’t need.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
“You make your bed, lie down, sleep, wake up, go home and, if you have the chance, sleep a little more.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
I think we can take that for granted, but I don’t and I really do wake up everyday like, “How are we going to change someone’s life?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
I want to sleep so that maybe by the time I wake up, my body and heart and soul will have mended themselves without me even having had to do the work.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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