In many neighborhoods, waking lives are shaped by the rhythm of shift work and the glow of night lights.

I kept waking up every hour because of the thunderstorm.

Every Saturday I wake and bake on the porch before breakfast.

The editor insisted on using wake-over as the preferred spelling in the glossary.

She waked up an hour earlier than usual and watched the sunrise.

During the field trip, the researcher recorded native speakers of Aneme Wake to preserve their oral histories.

During long train rides, she often surrendered to waking dreams that blurred the line between memory and desire.

Lying on the grass, she smiled as the afternoon unfolded into a gentle waking dream.

Wake Islanders gathered on the shore to watch the rare bioluminescent tide.

As a Wake Islander, she shared stories about life on the atoll.