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also awaked
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1
as in woken
to cause to stop sleeping
awoke the boys for breakfast
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2
as in waked
to cease to be asleep
at the sound of breaking glass she awoke with a start
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Recent Examples of awoken
After traversing nearby neighborhoods with William in their patrol car, officers found the boy's home and awoke his parents to the news.
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Sure, it has been taxed during this difficult stretch, but 11 other bullpens awoke on Wednesday with more innings pitched than Houston’s since the All-Star break.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Their offense, anemic for much of the first half, has awoken during the summer’s dog days.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025
She was awoken from sleep with a call from her father.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Last Sunday morning, the house beside Clark’s was crowded with SWAT vehicles when a young girl in the home awoke to a loud noise downstairs, triggering a false alarm.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025
The woman awoke to the girl crying.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2025
In both, the protagonist is awoken by the game’s main heroine, have completely lost their memory, and both focus on the survivors of a great calamity — with Earth being destroyed in Xenoblade, and Ganon destroying Hyrule in Zelda.
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
Analysts at Wolfe Research believe the popular messaging app is starting to be awoken from its slumber.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2025
Melina Khan, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Sure, it has been taxed during this difficult stretch, but 11 other bullpens awoke on Wednesday with more innings pitched than Houston’s since the All-Star break.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Their offense, anemic for much of the first half, has awoken during the summer’s dog days.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025
She was awoken from sleep with a call from her father.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Last Sunday morning, the house beside Clark’s was crowded with SWAT vehicles when a young girl in the home awoke to a loud noise downstairs, triggering a false alarm.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025
The woman awoke to the girl crying.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2025
In both, the protagonist is awoken by the game’s main heroine, have completely lost their memory, and both focus on the survivors of a great calamity — with Earth being destroyed in Xenoblade, and Ganon destroying Hyrule in Zelda.
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
Analysts at Wolfe Research believe the popular messaging app is starting to be awoken from its slumber.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for awoken
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This includes some restrictions on shipping technology to adversarial countries and avoidance of anything deemed woke by the current administration.—
Jim McGregor,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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My first safari was back in 1989; followed by my honeymoon safari in 1996, when my husband and I woke to lion tracks outside our tent.—
Karin Jones,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Sep. 2025
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My first safari was back in 1989; followed by my honeymoon safari in 1996, when my husband and I woke to lion tracks outside our tent.—
Karin Jones,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Sep. 2025
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Now it's woke again for trying to wipe an imaginary farmer from its logo.—
Neal Rubin,
Freep.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Aldana and Morales Rolón were awakened around dawn by agents banging on their door.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Gomez's character, who won her Family Wizard competition in the 2012 Wizards of Waverly Place series finale, was asleep on a couch before being awakened, raising a sleep mask off her eyes.—
Dory Jackson,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Patients can be briefly roused—for example, to ask them to roll over or change a dressing—before falling unconscious again.—
RJ Mackenzie,
Popular Science,
3 Sep. 2025
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These setbacks roused long-standing SpaceX critics and attracted new ones, including the Mexican government, which has threatened legal action against the company over reported debris on and around its shores.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Awoken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awoken. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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