regain consciousness

idiom

: to become conscious again : to wake up
He slowly regained consciousness after the surgery.

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Troopers saw open bottles of alcohol in the Equinox and Tipantuna Quinchiguano, who would regain consciousness and quickly fall back to sleep, had bloodshot and glassy eyes and smelled of alcohol. Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025 Frank turned off the isoflurane but left the oxygen on, and the pigeon began to regain consciousness. Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025 Patients whose brain waves showed both spindles and signatures of cognitive motor dissociation were more likely to regain consciousness, with 76 percent showing evidence of consciousness by the time they were discharged. Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025 But the former fire chief had been shot in the head above his ear and didn’t regain consciousness. Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for regain consciousness

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“Regain consciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regain%20consciousness. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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