wide-awake
Example Sentences
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I’m grateful to have seen it in a theater, which it absolutely deserves; audiences planning to stream it at home should know that it demands and rewards wide-awake attention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
Zaritska keeps singing, lamenting her new reality — lying wide-awake at 4 a.m., taking life day by day and no longer having time for dreams.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2022
According to the wide-awake folks at Partners Coffee, the ideal ratio of coffee to water is 1:15.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2022
I know this because after this nightly ritual, I’m often wide-awake, listening to her gentle snores.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2021
I lie unmoving for a moment, wide-awake in the darkness.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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