waking hours
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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But Ms. Margulis finds that our music-listening habits have stayed the same, at around 15% of our waking hours.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
During sleep, CSF helps flush out waste that builds up during waking hours.
From Science Daily • Jan. 20, 2026
All of it translates the outsized role corporations can impose on our waking hours into sinister folly while asking us to ponder whether half a life is worth living regardless of the perks.
From Salon • Jan. 17, 2025
Yet she could not seem to stay awake, often drifting off without even realising it and waking hours later with no memory of having gone to bed.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2024
When I thought of Manderley in my waking hours I would not be bitter.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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