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Meanings of wakeful in English

Carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger.

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(Of sleep) easily disturbed.

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Examples for "light"
Examples for "light"
1
Please use this number for any future references to this light-bulb issue.
Wired
2
The paper sheds new light on a big issue for technology companies.
Wired
3
With the clear morning light and dry roads, they made good time.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
4
The light at this time of year has a particularly ethereal quality.
The Irish Times
5
He made light of the problem but said he'd talk to Jason.
Escape

Marked by full consciousness or alertness.

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Usage of wakeful in English
1
I wish I did; but I am one of the wakeful kind.
Do and Dare — a Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune
2
So everyone spent the hours of darkness in wakeful watching and waiting.
Dick Hamilton's Airship; Or, A Young Millionaire in the Clouds
3
Stephen sometimes slept; Elfride alone was wakeful and palpitating hour after hour.
A Pair of Blue Eyes
4
This watchful guardian of the mid-world is as wakeful as the birds.
The Story of Siegfried
5
He was wakeful and that wretched Habanera kept throbbing in his head.
Five Tales
6
With the epidemic of fires she was once more restless and wakeful.
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
7
In a few minutes a too-wakeful mind struggled with an exhausted body.
The Right Stuff: Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton
8
I believe the old man happened to be wakeful and heard it.
The Silent Bullet
9
He would not pass the night wakeful and wasted by your love.
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1
10
None of them spoke till they were far from the wakeful children.
The Prussian Officer
11
I only knew that it was very strange, and kept me wakeful.
The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies
12
The night creaked in on the wings of countless wakeful insects churring.
Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
13
Through the wakeful night, Hugh's helpless situation was perpetually in his thoughts.
Blind Love
14
A few wakeful ones glanced at him over the tops of magazines.
Shadowland
15
An owl is not more wakeful than he has been of late.
The Bravo: A Tale
16
He opened his eyes, moaned and groaned, and awoke wakeful at once.
Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigands of Greece
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Wakeful through the time
Wakeful across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare