wide-awake

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synonyms for wide-awake

On this page you'll find 40 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to wide-awake, such as: active, alert, all ears, attentive, bright, and bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

How to use wide-awake in a sentence

  • We all have our wide-awake-at-3-in-the-morning nights, and no doubt Mrs. Romney has endured her share.

  • Wide Awake serves both as a memoir and a comprehensive study of the culture surrounding sleep.

    This Week's Hot Reads | The Daily Beast | April 16, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • She lay wide awake composing a letter which was nothing like the one which she wrote next day.

  • In a moment Skipper Worse was wide awake, and began to hum, as she moved her fingers along the lines.

    Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange Kielland
  • When Fanny visited his room she found him wide awake, sitting up in bed with bright, feverish eyes, and crying to himself.

  • It is characteristic of Scattergood that, though wide awake, he gave no sign of knowledge of Mandy's act.

    Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington Kelland
  • The gambling instinct was wide awake in Bud's nature—and as for Cash, he would hunt gold as long as he could carry pick and pan.

    Cabin Fever | B. M. Bower

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