How to Use wake-up call in a Sentence
wake-up call
noun
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The loss to the Celtics was a wake-up call for the Heat.
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Ira Winderman,
sun-sentinel.com,
7 Nov. 2021
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His face hit the plate, and that was a wake-up call for him.
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Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Aug. 2020
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Some saw the school board vote as a wake-up call for Democrats.
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Hanna Panreck,
Fox News,
20 Feb. 2022
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And for a wider range of investors, the near-miss is a wake-up call.
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Julia Horowitz,
CNN,
8 Oct. 2022
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The goal was a wake-up call as the tide turned back in the Warriors favor.
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Mike Morea,
baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll,
11 Nov. 2021
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For the Clinton 12, as the group would come to be known, the first week was a wake-up call.
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Adam Harris,
The Atlantic,
30 Sep. 2020
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Who needs a noisy alarm clock with a wake-up call like this?
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Steve Annear,
BostonGlobe.com,
27 June 2018
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With this wake-up call, there have been many pros in a sea of cons.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2021
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Braun said the skid was a wake-up call for her team, which hasn’t lost since.
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Jason Frakes,
The Courier-Journal,
20 June 2021
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The pandemic served as a wake-up call for a many of us.
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Mike Weinberger,
Rolling Stone,
27 July 2022
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There were just a few that needed to have a wake-up call.
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John Talty | Jtalty@al.com,
al,
2 July 2020
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Julie, what has been the biggest wake-up call for you this year?
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WSJ,
13 Dec. 2020
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That will be a little bit of a wake-up call for us in that area.
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Daniel Oyefusi,
baltimoresun.com,
13 Oct. 2019
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Watch the moment Ariella gives her mom the best wake-up call!
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Sarah Scanlan,
USA TODAY,
12 Jan. 2023
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And wild food is the antidote: a wake-up call for the senses.
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Gabriel Popkin,
Washington Post,
15 Aug. 2022
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The move served as a wake-up call, but there was no time for a pity party.
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Roy Lang Iii,
Indianapolis Star,
30 Jan. 2020
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My goal, as a friend of the West, was simply to issue a wake-up call.
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Marilynne Robinson,
Harper's magazine,
10 May 2019
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Her now-fiancé stepped in to cover the cost—but the moment was a wake-up call.
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Anna Moeslein,
Glamour,
9 May 2022
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The last year has been a wake-up call for parents of school-age children.
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Ada Tseng,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2021
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For Shirley Rackner, the past year has been a wake-up call.
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oregonlive,
5 June 2021
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Waking up alone on the basement floor might be a wake-up call for him.
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Amy Dickinson,
Detroit Free Press,
28 Nov. 2020
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The Senate action this week was something of a wake-up call.
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Andrew Stuttaford,
National Review,
19 Feb. 2022
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There's a buzz about some lazy Brood X cicadas that might have missed their wake-up call.
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Rae Johnson,
The Courier-Journal,
17 May 2022
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Let this be your wake-up call in terms of personal ethics.
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Amy Dickinson,
chicagotribune.com,
29 Mar. 2018
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This is a wake-up call, and more people woke up this time than before.
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Leyla Santiago,
CNN,
15 June 2020
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Perhaps the concussion and black eye should have been a wake-up call to slow down.
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Malia Griggs,
SELF,
21 Jan. 2020
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The invasion has certainly been a wake-up call for the West.
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NBC News,
9 Apr. 2022
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Maybe this could be a wake-up call for our starting group, just to play harder.
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Anne M. Peterson,
orlandosentinel.com,
30 May 2021
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One more thing to bear in mind: Dr. Russo says that memory foam mattresses can trap heat, which can lead to a sweaty wake-up call.
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Sara Coughlin,
SELF,
13 Mar. 2023
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Venema says that Musk’s use of algorithmic heating should be a wake-up call.
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WIRED,
15 Feb. 2023
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