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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
Iranians awoke Sunday for the first time in decades without Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as their supreme leader after he was killed in US-Israeli strikes, a profound shift in the nation’s history.
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Kara Fox, CNN Money, 1 Mar. 2026
Americans awoke Saturday morning to the news that the United States and Israel had launched a series of strikes against Iran.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Eddie Gossett awoke one morning last summer to what sounded like an airport runway suddenly opening on his rural Mississippi road.
—Bracey Harris, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
With Golden State star Stephen Curry nursing a right knee injury, NBA commissioner Adam Silver awoke Tuesday needing to select a replacement player for Sunday’s All-Star tournament.
—Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2026
Billions of the alewives, a small silvery invasive fish, died that summer and awoke citizens to the fact that something was wrong with the region’s greatest natural resource.
—Theodore J. Karamanski, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
At Long Beach Little League, kids, parents and league officials awoke in late January to find that every bit of copper had been torn out their home field, stolen by thieves.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Parts of South Florida awoke Sunday to record low daily temperatures, the coldest in more than a century, according to the National Weather Service in Miami.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
Hell hath no fury like an inner teenager awoken by their favorite book.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2026
Kara Fox, CNN Money, 1 Mar. 2026
Americans awoke Saturday morning to the news that the United States and Israel had launched a series of strikes against Iran.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Eddie Gossett awoke one morning last summer to what sounded like an airport runway suddenly opening on his rural Mississippi road.
—Bracey Harris, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
With Golden State star Stephen Curry nursing a right knee injury, NBA commissioner Adam Silver awoke Tuesday needing to select a replacement player for Sunday’s All-Star tournament.
—Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2026
Billions of the alewives, a small silvery invasive fish, died that summer and awoke citizens to the fact that something was wrong with the region’s greatest natural resource.
—Theodore J. Karamanski, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
At Long Beach Little League, kids, parents and league officials awoke in late January to find that every bit of copper had been torn out their home field, stolen by thieves.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Parts of South Florida awoke Sunday to record low daily temperatures, the coldest in more than a century, according to the National Weather Service in Miami.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
Hell hath no fury like an inner teenager awoken by their favorite book.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for awoken
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Thirty minutes from landing, the captain woke us all up to say that UAE airspace had closed and that the plane had to turn back to Mumbai.—
Emma Graham,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2026
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And high in Gabriel Tower, Emma Curran woke from a troubled nap with a start.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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The warm kiss of 30-year mortgage rates below 6% in February appears to have awakened metro Denver’s housing market from its deep slumber.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
4 Mar. 2026
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In the heart of Seville, Spain, a favorite European city among T+L readers, a Renaissance palace has awakened in the Casco Antiguo.—
Ryan Craggs,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Feb. 2026
Verb
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What roused them from complacency to defiance?—
Joshua Hammer,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Feb. 2026
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Within minutes, the federal agents had roused Thi Dua Vang from bed.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Awoken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awoken. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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