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He did not, being of a continuous shrewd alertness himself, a continuous wide-awakeness and minute consideration of consequences, realize, and if he had he wouldn't have believed, the affectionate simplicity and unworldliness of Mr. Twist.

From Christopher and Columbus by Elizabeth

The morning sun already poured into her room, when Mora opened her eyes, waking suddenly with that complete wide-awakeness which follows upon profound and dreamless slumber.

From The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century by Barclay, Florence L. (Florence Louisa)

The expression reveals a certain degree of incompetence and sluggishness in the individual concerned, and signifies a lack of wide-awakeness and responsiveness.

From John Dewey's logical theory by Howard, Delton Thomas

The infant displayed that aggressive wide-awakeness which seems to characterize babies on the verge of somnolence.

From The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories by Graham, Margaret Collier

And if I did finally get to sleep it was only to be shocked immediately into wide-awakeness with the pitiless light.

From Jailed for Freedom by Stevens, Doris