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

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

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

VOA: special.2011.08.10

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

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