To keep himself awake as he flew east during the long night, Post tied a piece of string to one finger.

VOA: special.2009.03.18

The next time you think about going without sleep, consider this: Laboratory animals that are kept awake for long periods of time ...die.

VOA: special.2009.08.26

Long after the moon came out and the young man had fallen asleep Sylvie was still awake.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

Moby says this album was created on sleepless nights when he felt like the only person still awake in the cities where he stayed.

VOA: special.2011.05.20

I lay awake nights,wishing to find the perfect lens - an instrument of great magnifying power.

VOA: special.2011.06.18

I lay awake nights, wishing to find the perfect lens an instrument of great magnifying power.

VOA: special.2009.07.18

The gangs in our barrio are awake. I lie on the ground covering my head."

VOA: special.2010.06.21

But the echoes they awake will never rest until slavery itself is dead."

VOA: special.2009.04.30

During the quiet hours of the night she lay awake considering ideas.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

Or they might choose to have a local painkiller and remain awake.

VOA: special.2011.08.10

Now,half-awake,half asleep, he found himself at the door of his house.

VOA: special.2011.05.28

They were also more active even after being kept awake.

VOA: special.2009.08.26

These sad thoughts kept Cazeau awake far into the night.

VOA: special.2009.06.27

But people have to be awake to recognize them.

VOA: special.2010.02.02

The lights are off and they must be lookingfor a fuse box, 'cause them flashlights,they're keeping me awake.

VOA: standard.other

Danner says the CIA interrogators tried to keep Zubaida constantly awake for the three weeks he was strapped to the chair, spraying water in his face if he fell asleep.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

His thoughts and fears keep him awake at night.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

The interrogators were told they could put them in painful standing positions, deprive them of solid food, keep them awake for extended periods of time, lock them in cold rooms, and submit them to the technique of simulated drowning known as waterboarding.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17