wake up
Example Sentences
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"Sometimes I go to sleep thinking that I will wake up at home," she said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
“To really wake up the public — the General Assembly and Capitol Square crowd — we had to go to the direct democracy route with a constitutional amendment,” Owens said.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
Mexico supporters attempted to wake up England players with music and fireworks close to their hotel the night before the sides' last-16 World Cup tie, but were moved back by police.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
“We’d rather wake up every morning and think about how we can try to leave our corner of the world better than we found it,” Mike said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
“I’d wake up at night, bathed in cold sweat, reliving over and over again my experiences in the camps,” said Karl.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
