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wakening

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verb

present participle of waken

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wakening
Adjective
  • Your Organization Is Your Family Most people spend more waking hours with colleagues than relatives.
    Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
  • Students spend more waking hours a day at school than at home in the July-May.
    Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Squeezing lube out of a bottle until the cold goop squirts out isn't the most arousing act.
    Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Some research suggests that men around the world find a specific waist-to-hip ratio (0.7) to be most arousing.
    Ogi Ogas, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2011
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“Wakening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wakening. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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