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also awaked
1
as in woke
to cause to stop sleeping
awoke the boys for breakfast
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2
as in awakened
to cease to be asleep
at the sound of breaking glass she awoke with a start
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also awaked
or awoke
1
as in woken
to cause to stop sleeping
awoke the boys for breakfast
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2
as in roused
to cease to be asleep
at the sound of breaking glass she awoke with a start
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Recent Examples of awoke
Namir Khaliq, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
Exports spiked; Americans awoke to the pleasures of their native whiskey.
—Adam Sachs, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026
Americans awoke to another air traffic tragedy this week.
—Robert Poole, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2026
One of the other residents awoke to the sounds of a struggle coming from the girl's room and took down Fordyce.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 23 Mar. 2026
On a beach in Mexico, the Minutemen awoke to pain.
—Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 21 Mar. 2026
The colonists awoke from their dream of lucrative plantations to find churches in ashes and molasses cauldrons rusting in the grass.
—Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
As crews plowed Twin Cities streets Monday, hundreds awoke to find their vehicles missing.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
Iranians awoke Sunday for the first time in decades without Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as their supreme leader after he was killed in US-Israeli strikes, a profound shift in the nation’s history.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 1 Mar. 2026
Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
As the first bits of morning light awoke the day, early risers celebrated with Easter Sunday service on a hilltop in Anaheim Hills.
—Heather McRea, Oc Register, 5 Apr. 2026
Yet inwardly, psychologically, something new awoke inside Caldwell.
—Namir Khaliq, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
Exports spiked; Americans awoke to the pleasures of their native whiskey.
—Adam Sachs, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026
Americans awoke to another air traffic tragedy this week.
—Robert Poole, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2026
One of the other residents awoke to the sounds of a struggle coming from the girl's room and took down Fordyce.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 23 Mar. 2026
On a beach in Mexico, the Minutemen awoke to pain.
—Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 21 Mar. 2026
The colonists awoke from their dream of lucrative plantations to find churches in ashes and molasses cauldrons rusting in the grass.
—Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
Verb
Yet inwardly, psychologically, something new awoke inside Caldwell.
—Namir Khaliq, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
Exports spiked; Americans awoke to the pleasures of their native whiskey.
—Adam Sachs, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026
Americans awoke to another air traffic tragedy this week.
—Robert Poole, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2026
One of the other residents awoke to the sounds of a struggle coming from the girl's room and took down Fordyce.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 23 Mar. 2026
On a beach in Mexico, the Minutemen awoke to pain.
—Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 21 Mar. 2026
The colonists awoke from their dream of lucrative plantations to find churches in ashes and molasses cauldrons rusting in the grass.
—Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
As crews plowed Twin Cities streets Monday, hundreds awoke to find their vehicles missing.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
Iranians awoke Sunday for the first time in decades without Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as their supreme leader after he was killed in US-Israeli strikes, a profound shift in the nation’s history.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 1 Mar. 2026
Verb
One morning in 2024, the man had awoken with searing knee pain that turned out to be a meniscus tear.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
As the first bits of morning light awoke the day, early risers celebrated with Easter Sunday service on a hilltop in Anaheim Hills.
—Heather McRea, Oc Register, 5 Apr. 2026
Yet inwardly, psychologically, something new awoke inside Caldwell.
—Namir Khaliq, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
Exports spiked; Americans awoke to the pleasures of their native whiskey.
—Adam Sachs, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026
Americans awoke to another air traffic tragedy this week.
—Robert Poole, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2026
One of the other residents awoke to the sounds of a struggle coming from the girl's room and took down Fordyce.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 23 Mar. 2026
On a beach in Mexico, the Minutemen awoke to pain.
—Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 21 Mar. 2026
The colonists awoke from their dream of lucrative plantations to find churches in ashes and molasses cauldrons rusting in the grass.
—Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
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“Awoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awoke. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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