Example Sentences

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She kept jurors, lawyers and media on a strict schedule, with only two twenty-minute breaks per day and no lunch time to ensure maximum alertness.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Here, the very irregularity of the interior environment, including the concrete surfaces — richer and more textured than I expected — heightened my alertness.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

These findings suggest that a single control system may coordinate both attention and basic bodily functions such as fluid flow, heart rate, and alertness.

From Science Daily • Jan. 20, 2026

Research suggests certain colors can enhance a sense of well-being or even increase alertness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Their wide wakes rippled through the lily pads and rolled the canoe abruptly from side to side, prodding Joe back to alertness.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown