lie awake
Verb
Meaning
lie without sleeping
Source: WordNetAntonyms
Hypernyms
Examples
Before marriage, a man will lie awake thinking about something you said; after marriage, he'll fall asleep before you finish saying it.
It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.
Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask why me? Then a voice answers nothing personal, your name just happened to come up.
Not much touches us, but we long to be touched. We lie awake at night willing the darkness to part and show us a vision.
Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.'
But you, you foolish girl, you have gone home to a leaky castle across the sea to lie awake in linen smelling of lavender, and hear the nightingale, and long for me.