Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
waking
IPA transcription: [w'eɪkɪŋ]
adverb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
waking, wakeful
Meaning:
marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
waking
Meaning:
the state of remaining awake; "days of danger and nights of waking"
Usage examples
But avaunt! ye waking dreams!
It haunted his waking hours and obsessed his nights.
And something did seem to be getting into, or waking up in, him.
He said it was a plot to deprive him of his living by waking up the corpses.
And, in fact, your appearance, your waking just now, has a sort of connexion--"
I never abide in any place, sleeping or waking, without an example of this gifted work.
Or was it the waking up of a sentiment which had bided its time as patiently as its inspirer?
Rosalie thought her mother was asleep, and crept on tiptoe to her side, fearful of waking her.
The oak sleeps in the acorn; the bird waits in the egg; and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs.
During my waking hours she was constantly the subject of my thoughts, and when I slept her dear face haunted my dreams.