every waking moment
Americanidiom
Example Sentences
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The idea of being a digital nomad with no oversight is romantic, but when your income is project-based or hourly billed, you start feeling like every waking moment you aren’t working is costing you money.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
"I have spent almost every waking moment of the last few years thinking of what I could have done different and what I can do now to make things right," he said.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
The implicit message is that kids with "good" mothers — defined as women who spend every waking moment preparing food and encouraging children to exercise — don't get sick.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2025
Anxiety can be loud, dominating our every waking moment — but only if we allow it, said Richard Cytowic, professor of neurology at George Washington University.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024
Even the people he loved most besides her—his parents and Nurse Beverly—were just background noise, occasional blats and blurps, while Josie was the symphony that sang through his every waking moment.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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