WordNet
v. lie without sleeping; "She was so worried, she lay awake all night long"
Usage examples of "lie awake".
He would lie awake at night, under his sleeping bag in the house of Ismael Gul, where he was staying, and he would turn constantly, sometimes sweating and sometimes shivering, unable to get comfortable on the floor of packed earth, trying not to hear the muffled sounds of Ismael and his wife making love a few yards away in the next room.
She was deliberately placing herself once more in proximity with Gray, and the danger of it made her lie awake at nights.
In the night I would lie awake listening to him breathe in sleep, calmly, sweetly.
She could not afford to lie awake with the crossing of Ravensmark before them tomorrow.
At night he would lie awake, alone in their bed, and curse her for shaming him so.
He stood outside it, and yet his presence had the solidity of those things which lie awake and aware in the world, cutting both into what is holy and what is ordinary, blending them in the same way a river blends water from many streams.
Then she would roll him back and cover him and go back to her cot, often to lie awake half the night, looking at the prairies, sad beyond tears at the ways of things.
She corrected it as best she could, learned from it, did not lie awake over it.
I'll lie awake thinking about you upstairs-surrounded by kids and Gramp.
Sometimes, when she beds with me and I lie awake afterward listening to her slow breathing, I think I will rise on the morrow and find some new meaning to my life.
Is it peace to lie awake and wonder who will die next, where will they attack next year?