waking hours
plural noun
: the hours in the day that a person is awake
He spent all his waking hours working on the project.
Examples of waking hours in a Sentence
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The average American now spends 5 hours and 30 minutes per day on their phone, nearly a third of waking hours.
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Kenneth Schlenker, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2025
The archetypal climbers were young men without families to feed or full-time jobs to hold down, free to devote their waking hours to becoming one with the rock.
—Kelli María Korducki, HubSpot, 17 Oct. 2025
Even before daylight saving time ends, Kansas City area residents will spend more of their waking hours in the dark this fall.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
The feature works in the background during waking hours, analyzing photoplethysmography (PPG) signals, changes in blood volume under the skin, to detect patterns that suggest chronic high blood pressure.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Maharajas’ Express, India The 23 carriages of these luxury trains travel mostly by night, allowing passengers plenty of time during waking hours to disembark for visits to UNESCO World Heritage landmarks, take game drives, and dine in fine hotels and palaces.
—Ann Shields, AFAR Media, 26 Aug. 2025
In addition to the usual door-to-door canvassing and traditional media advertisements, Move Forward successfully used social media platforms to appeal to Thais, who spend on average nearly half their waking hours in front of a screen.
—Tamara Loos, Foreign Affairs, 25 May 2023
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Kenneth Schlenker, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2025
The archetypal climbers were young men without families to feed or full-time jobs to hold down, free to devote their waking hours to becoming one with the rock.
—Kelli María Korducki, HubSpot, 17 Oct. 2025
Even before daylight saving time ends, Kansas City area residents will spend more of their waking hours in the dark this fall.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
The feature works in the background during waking hours, analyzing photoplethysmography (PPG) signals, changes in blood volume under the skin, to detect patterns that suggest chronic high blood pressure.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Maharajas’ Express, India The 23 carriages of these luxury trains travel mostly by night, allowing passengers plenty of time during waking hours to disembark for visits to UNESCO World Heritage landmarks, take game drives, and dine in fine hotels and palaces.
—Ann Shields, AFAR Media, 26 Aug. 2025
In addition to the usual door-to-door canvassing and traditional media advertisements, Move Forward successfully used social media platforms to appeal to Thais, who spend on average nearly half their waking hours in front of a screen.
—Tamara Loos, Foreign Affairs, 25 May 2023
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“Waking hours.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waking%20hours. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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