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Definition of "waking" []

  • Marked by full consciousness, awareness, and alertness: worked every moment of my waking hours. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "waking" in a sentence
  • "Feelings of failure permeate my soul as I make some joke like, If that is what you call waking up every two hours?"
  • "Dr. Kevin Nelson, he is a neurologist from Louisville believes a near death experience is what he calls a waking dream."
  • "Dr. Kevin Nelson, he's a neurologist from Louisville, believes a near-death experience is what he calls a waking dream."