waking hours
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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Since many of our waking hours are spent on the job, Ms. Vanderkam also focuses on deriving more satisfaction from work to avoid “wishing time away.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
She came to know the other immigrant women housed in a large room lined with 54 beds and a television droning most waking hours.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025
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
I mention it to no one, but it devours my waking hours and weaves itself throughout my nightmares.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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