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Meanings of keep awake in English

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Usage of keep awake in English
1
Everyone present did keep awake, and often in a very lively way.
Welsh Fairy Tales
2
I was drowsy, but determined to keep awake and pursue this fancy.
Daybreak; A Romance of an Old World
3
You may go on just as long as you can keep awake.
The Curious Book of Birds
4
Even Peter, who is nearest the Master, can keep awake no longer.
The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches
5
Betty, exhausted by excitement and alarm, was scarcely able to keep awake.
Kitty Trenire
6
That night no matter how hard Patty tried she couldn't keep awake.
Ethel Hollister's Second Summer as a Campfire Girl
7
We aren't going to sit around and keep awake, watching you guys.
Pluck on the Long Trail; Or, Boy Scouts in the Rockies
8
You got to keep awake when there's a man like Buck around.
Six Feet Four
9
And how could they be expected to keep awake while on duty?
The Shadow Line: A Confession
10
Abraham sleeps right through 'em, an' says it's impossible to keep awake.
The Fourth Watch
11
But I could not keep awake ten minutes at a time.
Autobiography of mark twain, vol. 1
12
The doorways remain empty, and the boys keep awake and carry the banner.
The People of the Abyss
13
Went to church in the evening, and could scarcely keep awake.
The Diary of a Nobody
14
His wisdom is to keep awake in order to sleep well.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
15
The reason for it was that he wanted to keep awake.
The Jungle
16
But it was decided that all the men should keep awake.
The Teeth of the Tiger
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Keep awake through the time
Keep awake across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare