wake up
Example Sentences
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His plan is to go to sleep Wednesday night around 8 p.m., after his young children are tucked in, and wake up around 1 or 2 a.m.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
“It’s been eight months. It feels like eight years at the same time. And it also feels like eight minutes because every moment that I wake up, I’m reminded of my reality.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
"When you go to sleep you don't know if you'll wake up in the morning," Angelina tells me.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
"I go to bed and wake up thinking about how I'm going to pay," Claudia Debaste told AFP, referring to her credit card bill.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 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
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