How to Use wake-up in a Sentence
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What are past crews' wake-up songs?
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Melissa Gaffney,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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No wake-up bell or lights-out hour.
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Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
28 May 2026
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That should have been a wake-up call.
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Ryan Mallory,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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His wake-up call is in the last hour.
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Steve Garbarino,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Jan. 2026
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So, that was a very quick wake-up call.
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Sabienna Bowman,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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This is a wake-up call, or should have been.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2026
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That should be a wake-up call for all of us.
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Lavinia Mehedintu,
Big Think,
11 Dec. 2025
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This is maybe a wake-up call to look at it more.
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Angus Chen,
STAT,
2 Feb. 2026
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But hopes that the punch was a wake-up call to the crooks.
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Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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That moment was a wake-up call.
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Paul Hudson,
Fortune,
2 Sep. 2025
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The Yale study should serve as a wake-up call.
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Dr. John Guzzi,
Hartford Courant,
27 May 2026
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The recent fires were a wake-up call.
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Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
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That should have been a major wake-up call.
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Boston Herald Editorial Staff,
Boston Herald,
5 Dec. 2025
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This shooting must serve as a wake-up call.
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Luke Barr,
ABC News,
24 Sep. 2025
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This shooting must serve as a wake-up call.
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Luke Barr,
ABC News,
25 Sep. 2025
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This video feels like a massive wake-up call.
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Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
1 Nov. 2025
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Hell, there's even an alarm clock mode (talk about a wake-up call).
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Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
24 Feb. 2025
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That seemed to be the wake-up call my wife needed.
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Wendy Hickey,
Boston Herald,
4 Jan. 2026
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Instead, use it as a wake-up call to make some changes.
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Sydney Wingfield,
Health,
26 Aug. 2025
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This was a wake-up call for Europe.
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CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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In my view, the $2 billion crash is a wake-up call.
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João Marinotti,
The Conversation,
21 Nov. 2025
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An optimist might say this was a wake-up call.
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Jon Greenberg,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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At the same time, take this as a cold splash of water and a wake-up call.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
5 Nov. 2024
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These losses should be a wake-up call to the nation.
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Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
22 Aug. 2025
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These losses should be a wake-up call to the nation.
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Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Members and staff need a wake-up call and training.
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FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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This primary should be a wake-up call.
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Alisa Kaplan,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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And this is a wake-up call that yet here's another one.
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Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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This wake-up call has put more pressure on the mascara world.
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Celeste Polanco,
Essence,
1 May 2025
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Every business year comes with its wins and its wake-up calls.
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Rolling Stone Culture Council,
Rolling Stone,
8 Dec. 2025
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How can flies sleep and be able to wake up?
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Aug. 2025
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That must have been a weird dream to wake up from.
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Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
25 Feb. 2026
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Josh wakes up at the butt-crack of dawn to start work.
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Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
20 Jan. 2026
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Then, at night, his wife woke up to the sound of drums.
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Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
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Try to go to bed and wake up at the same time each day.
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Sohaib Imtiaz,
Verywell Health,
31 Dec. 2025
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The man woke up once the deputy pulled up next to the car.
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Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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When will market wake up to this?
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John Melloy,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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Ashley wakes up first to a bad dream.
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Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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The defense woke up and forced a punt.
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Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
28 Sep. 2025
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Man, turbos just wake up a truck.
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Joel Feder,
The Drive,
17 June 2026
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Our guests love waking up here.
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Eleni N. Gage,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 May 2026
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The melm to wake up his [sister].
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Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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How many of you wake up afraid, deal with fear, go to bed afraid?
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Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
29 Oct. 2025
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At night, some woke up screaming.
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Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Leaphorn then wakes up in a locked, cement room.
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Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Apr. 2026
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Might need a pick six from defense to wake up crowd.
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Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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Go to bed and wake up at the same time every day.
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Jessica Swirble,
Verywell Health,
11 May 2026
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She was even said to wake up with hand prints all over her face and body.
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Natalia Senanayake,
People.com,
18 Oct. 2024
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Open heart surgery at age 49 served as his wake up call.
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Jennifer Bisram,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
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The kick from the jalapeños should help your taste buds wake up with a hot kick.
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Olivia Morelli,
Condé Nast Traveler,
13 Nov. 2023
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Try to go to sleep and wake up at the same time every day.
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Ashley Olivine,
Verywell Health,
6 Nov. 2025
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Greeks on some days are waking up to news of dozens of new fires.
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Elinda Labropoulou,
Washington Post,
2 Sep. 2023
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This was a wake up call for Europe.
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CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Ali Astin is waking up to a new role.
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Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Sep. 2025
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On Sunday, all four of us woke up at dawn.
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Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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What better way to wake up in the morning?
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Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
14 June 2026
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So take your time waking up in the morning.
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Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Jan. 2026
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But when the baby woke up hungry, things took a turn.
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Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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Fell asleep in a tree and wakes up on some random mountain.
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Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Ed wakes up first, has his coffee and studies.
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Zinzi Clemmons,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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