Example Sentences

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Waking up early, pricing items, setting up tables and manning the cash register — all of this is, as you say, labor.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Waking up at 5 a.m. won’t necessarily make you more productive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

Waking up to a clean kitchen not only makes mornings smoother, but also removes an easy excuse to order delivery later.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2024

Waking up to the sounds of Princess Peach giggling or Zelda softly cooing “wake up,” is, yes, odd, but I appreciate the burst of frivolity before I start worrying about my to-do list.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2024

Waking one pixie from its winter sleep is foolish.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff