keep awake
Frequency: 8.016.1 per million words
To make an effort to remain in a state of not being asleep.
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- Driving long distances requires you to keep awake.
- I tried to keep awake during the boring lecture by doodling in my notebook.
- She drank coffee to help her keep awake for her night shift.
- Keeping awake all night to finish the project was a real challenge.
- If you want to keep awake, try splashing some cold water on your face.
- How do you manage to keep awake after such a big lunch?
- The students were struggling to keep awake in the warm classroom.
- It's hard to keep awake when the movie is so slow.
- The soldiers had to keep awake while on guard duty.
- He'll need a lot of caffeine to keep awake for the entire study session.