wake
verb (used without object)
to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed byup ).
have been waking
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present perfect progressiveof wake.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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"I would have been waking every hour at night, every hour and a half, so I really wasn't getting much sleep and was really quite tired," he said.
From BBC ● May 29, 2025
Residents in the capital have been waking up in recent weeks to hazy mornings with the sky a shade of grey.
From Reuters ● Nov. 7, 2022
I have been waking up thinking about guns because, suddenly, there is a suspicious man hanging around the park trail where I jog.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2022
Recently neighbors have been waking up to find their lawns churned into clumpy heaps of sod and dirt.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2022
People all over Haiti have been waking up.
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
