waking hours
plural nounDefinition of waking hours
: the hours in the day that a person is awake
He spent all his waking hours working on the project.
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“Waking hours.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waking%20hours. Accessed 26 Feb. 2021.
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