waking hours
Americanplural noun
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waking hour
singular
Example Sentences
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Fluid runs along tiny channels beside the brain's blood vessels, washing away the waste products that accumulate during waking hours.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Working, after all, is how a majority of people must spend most of their waking hours, and toiling away in an industry or at a position you find grating will undoubtedly make you miserable.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
Contestants are filmed for about 16 waking hours a day by a fleet of 76 discreetly placed cameras so they can forget they are being filmed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
Delia and Moira are perpetually switched on throughout their waking hours, as if they’re aware of the public’s inability to imagine them wearing anything other than their most corseted get-ups and a blazing red lip.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2026
Most of a researchers waking hours are spent in the second world, and it’s easy for him to confuse the two.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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