waking moment

collocation in English

meaningsofwakingandmoment

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waking
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/us
/ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/
used to refer to a period of time or an experience during which you ...
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moment
noun
uk
/ˈməʊ.mənt/us
/ˈmoʊ.mənt/
a very short period ...
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(Definition ofwakingandmomentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwaking moment

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Are they to watch their sons and daughters everywakingmoment?
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A man is conscious of his political rights only at intervals, but he is conscious of his social rights everywakingmomentof his life.
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People can be in their 70s or 80s, spending everywakingmomentlooking after someone, and they just get on with it.
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But how can they remain abreast of opinion if nowakingmomentis available to them, when they have time to read current newspapers and journals?
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Now he is spending everywakingmomentin trying to abolish competition.
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I like to listen to what the professional broadcasters have to say, but whether they are disturbed or unsettled does not occupy my everywakingmoment.
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Attention is part of nearly everywakingmomentfor humans, as it is the focusing of one's thoughts.
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He spent everywakingmomentof his years.
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It studies positive phenomena in general, phenomena available to any person at anywakingmoment, and does not settle questions by resorting to special experiences.
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Weisz said that she made a point to spend everywakingmomentwith her to accurately portray her.
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Fugate is an odd, lonely man obsessed with time and punctuality; his everywakingmomentis pre-planned on a to do list broken down into precise blocks.
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The staff give her a drug called laudanum everywakingmomentto soothe her, which, in a later life causes her to be addicted to the drug.
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The writer is unable to forget the coin, which fills his dreams and (we are allowed to guess) his waking moments too.
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