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as in awaking
to cause to stop sleeping
be quiet or you'll awaken the kids
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as in wakening
to cease to be asleep
guests at the B and B usually awaken to the smell of fresh pancakes
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Recent Examples of awakening
Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
The tense drama follows a successful scientist who develops a revolutionary recreational drug that works only on women, awakening a powerful sense of ecstasy and pleasure even when nothing in their circumstances has changed.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
Down 7-6, FAMU quarterback RJ Johnson III hit Jalen Rogers for a 26-yard grab, awakening the once silent Rattler crowd.
—Jayden Gonzalez, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Last week’s awakening Aquarius Full Moon likely exposed broken systems and illuminated long-standing imbalances.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 17 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
Elizabeth feels her senses awakening again.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
The tense drama follows a successful scientist who develops a revolutionary recreational drug that works only on women, awakening a powerful sense of ecstasy and pleasure even when nothing in their circumstances has changed.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
Down 7-6, FAMU quarterback RJ Johnson III hit Jalen Rogers for a 26-yard grab, awakening the once silent Rattler crowd.
—Jayden Gonzalez, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Last week’s awakening Aquarius Full Moon likely exposed broken systems and illuminated long-standing imbalances.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 17 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for awakening
Verb
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Ames Ward, the producer who was seen on the stream waking Speed up that very morning, says the experience of bringing Speed to so many cities in little more than a month was simply incredible.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
5 Oct. 2025
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Both men are doing stuff that keeps them occupied, interests them on some level and pays the bills, but doesn’t consume their every waking thought.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Tirso Ornelas’ seventh-inning grand slam triggered a late-game awaking as Triple-A El Paso beat host Sugar Land 13-2 on Wednesday.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Adding oils or a warm soak can increase sensitivity and make the experience both soothing and arousing.—
Essence,
Essence,
11 Sep. 2025
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Squeezing lube out of a bottle until the cold goop squirts out isn't the most arousing act.—
Brenda Stolyar,
WIRED,
4 Feb. 2023
Adjective
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This boundary-breaking dance drama follows Baby (Jennifer Grey) and Johnny (Patrick Swayze) in a wrong-side-of-the-tracks romantic entanglement that all starts with a rousing night of bumping and grinding.—
Madeleine Janz,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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Certainly, the film doesn’t deliver any rousing sense of justice like in, say, director Jennifer Fox’s child-abuse-story The Tale.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Sep. 2025
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This stimulating and picturesque biographical graphic novel captures the extraordinary life of Fela Kuti, the Nigerian musician who put the Afrobeat genre of music at the forefront as an international voice of resistance.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2025
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Of course—even if students read less, and do less of their own writing, and skip class more often, and are graded on elevator pitches given to computers—college could remain a stimulating and fun experience.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Awakening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awakening. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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