adjective
definition
Awake; not sleeping.
definition
Sleepless.
definition
Vigilant and alert; watchful.
Examples of wakeful in a Sentence
Many wakeful nights did she sit by my bedside in trembling expectation that each hour would be my last."
There was still only one night staff for wakeful duty.
He himself was feeling quite wakeful and even lively, tho he didn't know why.
They are dreams that stem from the things you have seen or heard during wakeful hours.
He thought the night time staff requirement was one wakeful night staff and another in the building on call.
The wakeful shepherd, tending his flocks, beholds from the mountain 's top the first faint morning beam ere cometh the risen day.
Yoga Nidra, Wakeful Sleep - Deep Healing Relaxation by James Jewell contains two practice segments - one at approximately 20 minutes and another at roughly 35 minutes.
Tired again - wakeful night - I think both Eve & Jack.
Their emblems of a deer and a unicorn keep a wakeful watch at their feet.
The subject allegedly remains with " pure " wakeful consciousness.
He himself was feeling quite wakeful and even lively, tho he did n't know why.
Keep your baby in bright, active areas of the house when you want him to be more wakeful.
However, once she has begun to have more wakeful periods throughout the day, you can begin helping her stretch those catnaps into actually naptimes.
It is a belief that these dreams see the truth that is not within reach during wakeful hours.
Some scientists believe that nightmares, like dreams, are the way the mind works out conflicts it has not resolved in wakeful hours.
They are thought to represent an intrusion of REM sleep/dreaming into the wakeful state.