How to Use wake-up in a Sentence

wake-up

1 of 2 adjective

• What are past crews' wake-up songs?
  — Melissa Gaffney, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
• No wake-up bell or lights-out hour.
  — Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 28 May 2026
• That should have been a wake-up call.
  — Ryan Mallory, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
• His wake-up call is in the last hour.
  — Steve Garbarino, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026
• So, that was a very quick wake-up call.
  — Sabienna Bowman, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
• This is a wake-up call, or should have been.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Jan. 2026
• That should be a wake-up call for all of us.
  — Lavinia Mehedintu, Big Think, 11 Dec. 2025
• This is maybe a wake-up call to look at it more.
  — Angus Chen, STAT, 2 Feb. 2026
• But hopes that the punch was a wake-up call to the crooks.
  — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
• That moment was a wake-up call.
  — Paul Hudson, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
• The Yale study should serve as a wake-up call.
  — Dr. John Guzzi, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2026
• The recent fires were a wake-up call.
  — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 4 May 2026
• That should have been a major wake-up call.
  — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
• This shooting must serve as a wake-up call.
  — Luke Barr, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
• This video feels like a massive wake-up call.
  — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
• Hell, there's even an alarm clock mode (talk about a wake-up call).
  — Malia Griggs, Glamour, 24 Feb. 2025
• That seemed to be the wake-up call my wife needed.
  — Wendy Hickey, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026
• Instead, use it as a wake-up call to make some changes.
  — Sydney Wingfield, Health, 26 Aug. 2025
• This was a wake-up call for Europe.
  — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
• In my view, the $2 billion crash is a wake-up call.
  — João Marinotti, The Conversation, 21 Nov. 2025
• An optimist might say this was a wake-up call.
  — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
• At the same time, take this as a cold splash of water and a wake-up call.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
• These losses should be a wake-up call to the nation.
  — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
• Members and staff need a wake-up call and training.
  — FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
• This primary should be a wake-up call.
  — Alisa Kaplan, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
• And this is a wake-up call that yet here's another one.
  — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 20 May 2026
• This wake-up call has put more pressure on the mascara world.
  — Celeste Polanco, Essence, 1 May 2025
• Every business year comes with its wins and its wake-up calls.
  — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2025
• That's a wake-up call for the tech industry.
  — Hamid Farooqui, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
• But what is happening with their bonds should be a wake-up call.
  — Telis Demos, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2023

wake up

2 of 2 verb

• How can flies sleep and be able to wake up?
  — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2025
• That must have been a weird dream to wake up from.
  — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 25 Feb. 2026
• Josh wakes up at the butt-crack of dawn to start work.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2026
• Then, at night, his wife woke up to the sound of drums.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
• Try to go to bed and wake up at the same time each day.
  — Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 31 Dec. 2025
• The man woke up once the deputy pulled up next to the car.
  — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
• When will market wake up to this?
  — John Melloy, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
• Ashley wakes up first to a bad dream.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
• The defense woke up and forced a punt.
  — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
• Man, turbos just wake up a truck.
  — Joel Feder, The Drive, 17 June 2026
• Our guests love waking up here.
  — Eleni N. Gage, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2026
• The melm to wake up his [sister].
  — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
• How many of you wake up afraid, deal with fear, go to bed afraid?
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
• At night, some woke up screaming.
  — Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
• Leaphorn then wakes up in a locked, cement room.
  — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Apr. 2026
• Might need a pick six from defense to wake up crowd.
  — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
• Go to bed and wake up at the same time every day.
  — Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 11 May 2026
• She was even said to wake up with hand prints all over her face and body.
  — Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
• Open heart surgery at age 49 served as his wake up call.
  — Jennifer Bisram, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
• The kick from the jalapeños should help your taste buds wake up with a hot kick.
  — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2023
• Try to go to sleep and wake up at the same time every day.
  — Ashley Olivine, Verywell Health, 6 Nov. 2025
• Greeks on some days are waking up to news of dozens of new fires.
  — Elinda Labropoulou, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2023
• This was a wake up call for Europe.
  — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
• Ali Astin is waking up to a new role.
  — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
• On Sunday, all four of us woke up at dawn.
  — Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
• His wife woke up, and the two of them screamed out the window for help.
  — Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
• What better way to wake up in the morning?
  — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 14 June 2026
• So take your time waking up in the morning.
  — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 7 Jan. 2026
• But when the baby woke up hungry, things took a turn.
  — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
• Fell asleep in a tree and wakes up on some random mountain.
  — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025