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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 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
Billy awoke to the sound of another alarm going off in the plant.
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Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Earlier that week, the men awoke in their cells at four in the morning, the usual time.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
After traversing nearby neighborhoods with William in their patrol car, officers found the boy's home and awoke his parents to the news.
—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
Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Earlier that week, the men awoke in their cells at four in the morning, the usual time.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
After traversing nearby neighborhoods with William in their patrol car, officers found the boy's home and awoke his parents to the news.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for awoken
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At a time when contentious words dominate our conversations—think insurrection and fascism and fake news and woke—the need for dictionaries to chronicle and explain language, and serve as its watchdog, has never been greater.—
Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Walton-Penner ownership group woke everybody up.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025
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At a time when contentious words dominate our conversations—think insurrection and fascism and fake news and woke—the need for dictionaries to chronicle and explain language, and serve as its watchdog, has never been greater.—
Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Walton-Penner ownership group woke everybody up.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025
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The box office success of King Kong’s 1952 rerelease, followed by Eugene Lourie’s The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953), where a dinosaur was awakened by an atomic blast, both served as inspiration.—
Michael Taube,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The car’s impact awakened other family members in the home, but they were not hurt, prosecutors said.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacbee.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Well, for one, the go-to induction method is being roused from your bed in the middle of the night, hog-tied, and tossed in a van.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
9 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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“Awoken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awoken. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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