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Wakefulness

noun

A periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world.

A temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep. Synonym: sleeplessness. Antonym: sleepiness.

The process of paying close and continuous attention. Synonyms: alertness, vigilance, watchfulness. "Vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue"

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"Wakefulness" Quotes from Famous Books

... describe the exact sequence of recent incidents. Already he forgot the exact sequence. It seemed ages since he parted from May. He broke off there, rose, drank a glass of water, and lighted a cigarette. He shook himself into wakefulness, condemned himself for this debauch of weak-minded thinking, found the time to be three o'clock, and brushed the whole cobweb tangle from his mind. He knew that sudden warmth after cold will often induce sleep—a fact proved by incidents of his campaigns—so he trudged up ...

— The Grey Room • Eden Phillpotts

... methods are too artificial or too strong not to become quickly noxious. Every one knows what they are—abuse of wine, alcoholic liquors, narcotics, tobacco, coffee, etc., prolonged periods of wakefulness, less for increasing the time for work than to cause a state of hyperesthesia ...

— Essay on the Creative Imagination • Th. Ribot

... always at least two of you there to prevent him from regaining his treasure. The situation to him must have been a maddening one. But at last he thought he saw his chance. He tried to steal in, but was baffled by your wakefulness. You remember that you did not take ...

— Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

... better now," he announced, "just as good as ever. Except for my hands," he added ruefully, as returning wakefulness brought back with it the consciousness of smart and hurt, "and my feet are mighty sore, too. We're right near the fire, too, aren't we," he continued. "Gee, that was nifty sleeping nearly all the way. I guess I must ...

— The Boy With the U. S. Foresters • Francis Rolt-Wheeler

... of the attack and escape brought the other sleepers to heavy-eyed wakefulness. They saw Dopey Charlie advancing upon the Kid, a knife in his hand. Behind him slunk The General, urging the other on. The youth was backing toward the doorway. The tableau persisted but for an instant. Then the would-be murderer rushed madly upon ...

— The Oakdale Affair • Edgar Rice Burroughs

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