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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
Kyiv awoke to loud explosions, drones flying overhead and air defenses booming.
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Pavel Polityuk, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
After a lifeless Eagles offense awoke with a third-quarter touchdown to pull within 26-14, Davis forced Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford out of bounds on a punt-forcing sack by chasing him halfway across the field.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 22 Sep. 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
Billy awoke to the sound of another alarm going off in the plant.
—Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
First, the owner of a different Polish paving company called Drog-Bruk, with a hyphen, awoke to a barrage of furious emails, nasty online reviews and hostile phone calls.
—Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 10 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
Pavel Polityuk, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
After a lifeless Eagles offense awoke with a third-quarter touchdown to pull within 26-14, Davis forced Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford out of bounds on a punt-forcing sack by chasing him halfway across the field.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 22 Sep. 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
Billy awoke to the sound of another alarm going off in the plant.
—Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
First, the owner of a different Polish paving company called Drog-Bruk, with a hyphen, awoke to a barrage of furious emails, nasty online reviews and hostile phone calls.
—Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 10 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for awoken
Verb
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Anna, who had been asleep in the passenger seat, woke with a start, her notebook slipping out of her arms.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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It's been a long time since anyone blamed hip-hop for being too woke.—
Rodney Carmichael,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Anna, who had been asleep in the passenger seat, woke with a start, her notebook slipping out of her arms.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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It's been a long time since anyone blamed hip-hop for being too woke.—
Rodney Carmichael,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The anime film follows an amateur sleuth with a penchant for the paranormal, who travels to the deep south to solve a string of murders that have awakened a vengeful Boo Hag spirit seeking justice.—
Kimberly Nordyke,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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With the nation’s freedom hanging in the balance, the founders discover true liberty cannot only be written into law – it must be awakened in the hearts of the people.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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It was later turned into a film which roused several of the women to write their own memoirs of the orchestra.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 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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“Awoken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awoken. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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