The dream's sharp images began to fade as I struggled toward consciousness.

As he strained toward consciousness, he heard someone calling his name.

On brief occasions, he was allowed to rise toward consciousness so that the surgeons could test their work.

As if something was beneath the surface of his brain grasping toward consciousness, but never quite making it.

Now I think of it as helping them take a small step toward higher consciousness.

He struggled toward consciousness, aware of some desperate urgency to reach them.

And when it did, Scotty was already beginning to drift back toward consciousness.

His eyelids began to flutter as he rose again toward consciousness.

Like a bubble in a soda can, he was rising toward consciousness.

Teresa rose toward consciousness and for a fey moment E felt as if she were in two places at once.