Sentence examples for wake from inspiring English sources

"I wake up around 4am and if I've got a bus pass I get on the night bus and sleep there until morning.

And my one prayer to God, the miracle worker, was that I would wake up lighter-skinned".

However, in the wake of the mass slaughter in the US, and the arrest of three IRA suspects in Colombia, the atmosphere in Belfast is difficult to gauge.

For Tasos Nyfadopoulos, the young sculptor behind the work, it is the first public tribute to the thousands of suicides the crisis has left in its wake.

It all stems from a decision made almost half a century ago by the Some Like It Hot star's legal representatives in the wake of her 1962 death.

Those involved with the project declined to be interviewed, citing sensitivities in the Birmingham area in the wake of the Trojan horse affair at some schools.

But once there, their lives exemplify why the crowds have not followed in their wake.

Over the past 15 years, the creators of British cinema have resembled nothing so much as a bunch of frustrated alchemists; leaving a trail of failed potions and misconceived prototypes in their wake.

Lyons makes an implied dig at George Osborne: "In the wake of the crisis too much debt was seen as the main challenge.

The union had been saved after a tumultuous end to the referendum campaign, which had seen billions wiped off the share prices of Scottish companies in the wake of a YouGov poll on 7 September giving the Yes side a narrow lead.

When Alternative Comedy Experience was launched, he defined its appeal by stating that "the comedians on this show do not wake up thinking, 'How can I develop something that will appeal to people in marketing?'" When it was cancelled, the consolation, he told one interviewer, was that "now there's some really good footage of great acts out there".