waking

• He was in that happy condition between sleep and waking which is the very essence of enjoyment to his kind Inspector Allenwood picked up a live coal in his bare fingers. —  The Heart of Unaga
• The impulse to go to St. James came on her at waking, and she resisted through busy hours of the day. —  The King Of Beaver, and Beaver Lights From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899
• And as, while one's body sleeps on, one's half-waking mind, now and again in a lifetime seems to realise an ecstasy of happiness so perfect that one dares not wake lest, by waking, the wings of one's realised ideal should slip between grasping fingers and so escape forever, so did Endymion realise the kiss of the goddess. —  A Book of Myths
• Upon her had come that most awful waking--the waking in a house on fire There are some women who in moments of danger gain an almost miraculous composure and presence of mind. —  Olive A Novel
• In a whisper I informed them of the favorable symptoms he had evinced upon waking, and persuaded them again to retire from the apartment. —  Stories and Sketches

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