waking

adjective

wak·​ing ˈwā-kiŋ How to pronounce waking (audio)
: passed in a conscious or alert state
every waking hour

Examples of waking in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Students spend more waking hours a day at school than at home in the July-May. Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024 Teens spend much of their waking time with peers and friends. Catherine Bagwell, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2020 When nightmare scenarios move to the waking world, stark fictions and knotty personal histories offer guidance less in the factual specifics than in their emotional terrain. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2020 Except now, without practices and position meetings and all the usual minutiae consuming every waking moment of a coach’s day, Williams has never had so much time. Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2020 See all Example Sentences for waking 

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Word History

First Known Use

1556, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of waking was in 1556

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“Waking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waking. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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