Idiom
wide awake
Meaning
Awake and very alert; vigilant, watchful.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I am wide awake and cannot fall asleep.”
“After drinking three cups of coffee, he was wide awake during the late night meeting.”
“Despite the late hour and the exhaustion of the journey, she remained wide awake, listening to the unfamiliar sounds of the forest.”
Examples
simple
“I am wide awake and cannot fall asleep.”
contextual
“After drinking three cups of coffee, he was wide awake during the late night meeting.”
complex
“Despite the late hour and the exhaustion of the journey, she remained wide awake, listening to the unfamiliar sounds of the forest.”
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