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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 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
According to initial police reports, a 55-year-old man had been sleeping but awoke to noise coming from outside his home.
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Harry Harris, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Newlywed wife Jesni Fiji, knocked out from the tragic crash and reportedly surviving with no broken bones and just cuts and bruises, awoke Saturday morning in shock and horror over what surrounded her, including her new husband Dave Fiji's body, the groom's father told Atlanta News First (ANF).
—Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
However, Erickson had already awoken and confronted him with the gun to try to frighten him.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
Houston’s pitching staff awoke on Monday with the sport’s highest ERA, a byproduct of injuries to most of their season-opening rotation and the ineffectiveness of those who’ve stayed healthy.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 26 May 2026
Abdul Begawala said his wife awoke early Tuesday morning to the sound of gunshots.
—Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
The 68-year-old suspect awoke and got into an argument with the victim that turned physical.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
Many refugees came to her complaining of the headaches and sores and bodily pains that come from extreme stress and extreme boredom, of bedding on cold floors and being awoken through the night by explosions.
—James Verini, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
One night, Montiel's mother awoke to find her daughter's bedsheets red with blood − a result of hemorrhaging and bloody diarrhea, caused by the virus.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Harry Harris, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Newlywed wife Jesni Fiji, knocked out from the tragic crash and reportedly surviving with no broken bones and just cuts and bruises, awoke Saturday morning in shock and horror over what surrounded her, including her new husband Dave Fiji's body, the groom's father told Atlanta News First (ANF).
—Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
However, Erickson had already awoken and confronted him with the gun to try to frighten him.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
Houston’s pitching staff awoke on Monday with the sport’s highest ERA, a byproduct of injuries to most of their season-opening rotation and the ineffectiveness of those who’ve stayed healthy.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 26 May 2026
Abdul Begawala said his wife awoke early Tuesday morning to the sound of gunshots.
—Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
The 68-year-old suspect awoke and got into an argument with the victim that turned physical.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
Many refugees came to her complaining of the headaches and sores and bodily pains that come from extreme stress and extreme boredom, of bedding on cold floors and being awoken through the night by explosions.
—James Verini, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
One night, Montiel's mother awoke to find her daughter's bedsheets red with blood − a result of hemorrhaging and bloody diarrhea, caused by the virus.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for awoken
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Carmen Capo woke to loud banging on her window.—
Natalia Jaramillo,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 June 2026
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Contrary to their largely fiscal conservative rhetoric and critiques of universities as overly woke and elitist, Republicans generally sponsor earmarks with gusto across the board, including for colleges and universities.—
Heather McCambly,
The Conversation,
8 June 2026
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Daniela López stars in the film as Julia, an introverted music student whose curiosity and passion for protest is awakened amid a growing feminist movement on her university campus, and with #MeToo as a backdrop.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
15 June 2026
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Some were awakened by explosions; others pulled back their curtains in the early hours to see plumes of black smoke rising above the city.—
David Hickey,
NBC news,
4 June 2026
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This roused the Court-Philippe-Chatrier crowd, and in the second set Andreeva fully unraveled, smacking another ball to the rafters and asking people in her box to leave.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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Vadim begins by recounting his youth as the privileged son of a Soviet-era official who was cast aside under the liberalizing Gorbachev regime; the reversal of fortune roused the young Vadim to make the most of his life.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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“Awoken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awoken. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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