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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 awakened
to cease to be asleep
at the sound of breaking glass she awoke with a start
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Recent Examples of awoken
In the middle of the night June 30, the family awoke to a fire.
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Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors allege that in October 2024, Spencer awoke to find his daughter missing from the family’s home, prompting him to leave to search for her.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Just hours after snorting the drug, Sarah awoke to find her girlfriend unresponsive beside her.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
The ghosts have awoken, though.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
At the Nir Oz kibbutz, Ohad (Miki Leon), wife Batsheva (Rotem Sela) and three children are awoken by alarms and seek refuge in their home’s shelter room, which unfortunately has a broken door, forcing a predictable and harrowing outcome.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Residents awoke to an atmospheric anomaly — fueled by meteorological conditions trapping smoke from Northern California wildfires — in which the sky did indeed turn a smoky orange.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
In his remarks on Tuesday, Shapiro recounted how he was awoken to a knock on the door from a state trooper who told him and his family to evacuate the mansion.
—Brandon Conradis, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
On an afternoon when the offense finally awoke from its summer hibernation, this represented a chance for a statement drive in a benchmark game.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025
Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors allege that in October 2024, Spencer awoke to find his daughter missing from the family’s home, prompting him to leave to search for her.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Just hours after snorting the drug, Sarah awoke to find her girlfriend unresponsive beside her.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
The ghosts have awoken, though.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
At the Nir Oz kibbutz, Ohad (Miki Leon), wife Batsheva (Rotem Sela) and three children are awoken by alarms and seek refuge in their home’s shelter room, which unfortunately has a broken door, forcing a predictable and harrowing outcome.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Residents awoke to an atmospheric anomaly — fueled by meteorological conditions trapping smoke from Northern California wildfires — in which the sky did indeed turn a smoky orange.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
In his remarks on Tuesday, Shapiro recounted how he was awoken to a knock on the door from a state trooper who told him and his family to evacuate the mansion.
—Brandon Conradis, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
On an afternoon when the offense finally awoke from its summer hibernation, this represented a chance for a statement drive in a benchmark game.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for awoken
Verb
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Parents know these woke lunatics are bullies.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Weiss will never be woke enough for her critics, and that’s a good thing.—
Matt Fleming,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In one lane there is Mamdani, a 34-year-old member of the Democratic Socialists of America whose online fluency and pledges to attack New York's rising costs for regular people has awakened a new generation of progressives ready for their own populist movement.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Those spirits were awakened by several methods, from burying the packet in the ground, to tying macrame-like knots onto the parcels, to driving nails into the amulet—all to fulfill the requests of Congolese practitioners.—
Essence,
Essence,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Just as legendary as his triumphs have been his fist pumps, his reactions to good and bad shots, and his celebrations that roused the crowds.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Zelda’s barking roused Brunkow’s husband, Ross Colquhoun.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Awoken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awoken. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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