woke (up)

variants also waked (up)
past tense of wake (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for woke (up)
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • Billy awoke to the sound of another alarm going off in the plant.
    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
Verb
  • That rich color, the soft texture of the suède, stirred in me all the promise of autumn, of a new school year, of a chance to have instead of to want—in other words, to finally be.
    Rachel Kushner, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The Exploremores have already stirred debate online.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • But dogs still need ways to burn off energy and stay mentally stimulated.
    Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • For example, one study found that breast cancer cell growth was stimulated by low concentrations of genistein and inhibited by higher concentrations.
    Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In its way, this was a high occasion of state, an opportunity for the government to make a display of its brisk, sober ability to act, and to quell the unrest that this horrific and very public murder had aroused.
    Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Stubborn inflation and the potential for tariffs to drive up prices have aroused significant fears among policymakers and consumers that household budgets and the economy as a whole will be under significant strain for the foreseeable future.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Woke (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woke%20%28up%29. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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