Explore Awake through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like alert or aware. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Awake in a sentence
Related words
Awake meaning
- Not asleep; conscious.
- Alert, aware.
Synonyms of Awake
Using Awake
- The main meaning on this page is: Not asleep; conscious. | Alert, aware.
- Useful related words include: alert, aware, cognizant, cognisant.
- In the example corpus, awake often appears in combinations such as: awake and, stay awake, awake at.
Context around Awake
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 10 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Awake
- In this selection, "awake" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, stay, person, passively, asleep, individuals and gradually stand out and add context to how "awake" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include any person awake to see and are kept awake by people. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "awake" sits close to words such as aluminium, complexes and ethanol, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with awake
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A teammate of Hamlin’s suggested he was awake. (9 words)
But we can’t awake by changing our actions. (9 words)
It reminds us all that's not crisp — awake, asleep, awake, asleep. (12 words)
Caffeine has some surprising health benefits — for example, it's been linked to a reduced risk of some types of skin cancer (more on this later) — but it is best known, of course, as a stimulant, which kicks us awake and improves our focus. (44 words)
Some patients never progress beyond very basic responses, but many recover full awareness. citation Regaining consciousness is not instant: in the first days, patients are only awake for a few minutes, and duration of time awake gradually increases. (38 words)
And so there was a limit I thought, on how absurd a dream could be before it just starts feeling ridiculous for everyone who’s watching them, because they are awake and they have their skepticism turned on. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Above the ocean, on the horizon, there is a fiery streak, a line of crimson that makes any person awake to see it come very awake.
Staying passively awake: Individuals are urged to let go of the worry and try to fall asleep, because stressing about sleep may keep you awake at night.
It reminds us all that's not crisp — awake, asleep, awake, asleep.
I would get home and he would stay awake until 12pm smoking and I would have to stay awake and clean.
As measured by electroencephalography, young females are awake for 0–1% of the larger sleeping period; young males are awake for 0–2%.
Some patients never progress beyond very basic responses, but many recover full awareness. citation Regaining consciousness is not instant: in the first days, patients are only awake for a few minutes, and duration of time awake gradually increases.
Adding, Dr Pallavi Joshi, Consultant Psychiatrist, Manipal Hospital, Varthur, said that in this technique, experts instruct the patient to decide that he wishes to stay awake as long as possible.
A lot of us were sleeping before, but now we are awake.
And so there was a limit I thought, on how absurd a dream could be before it just starts feeling ridiculous for everyone who’s watching them, because they are awake and they have their skepticism turned on.
A neighbour said: “My house backs onto the ring road and every night we are kept awake by people using it as a racetrack with loud exhausts.
A teammate of Hamlin’s suggested he was awake.
Before approaching your hamster wash your hands with scent free soap and check he’s awake and out of his nest, it’s important not to disturb sleeping hamsters as they may bite from fear.
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has made “substantial improvement” in the hospital following his mid-game cardiac arrest on Monday, doctors said, and is now awake and moving his hands and feet.
But for the Milanese, it is not the food (which, by the way, however simple, tends to be excellent) that matters the most, but the conversation (and the guarantee of returning to the office awake).
But it’s not just the despots and tyrants who keep me awake at night – it’s the engineers, executives and politicians a reality.
But we can’t awake by changing our actions.
Caffeine has some surprising health benefits — for example, it's been linked to a reduced risk of some types of skin cancer (more on this later) — but it is best known, of course, as a stimulant, which kicks us awake and improves our focus.
During the day Nadja operates an ice cream shop in the nearby town; at night she keeps the boys awake with the sounds of her lovemaking with Devid (Enno Trebs), the lifeguard at the beach.
Ein-Gal recalled how he was suddenly jolted awake at 6 a.m. by loud banging and sirens.
Frontman Matty Healy emerges from a black sofa and shakes himself awake.
Common combinations with awake
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- awake and 31×
- stay awake 24×
- awake at 18×
- was awake 15×
- awake for 9×
- awake by 9×
- awake to 8×
- is awake 8×
- are awake 7×
- wide awake 7×