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or waked
also woke
1
as in awakened
to cause to stop sleeping
my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife
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2
as in awaked
to cease to be asleep
I woke with a start when the door slammed
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3
as in alerted
to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk
a public service announcement designed to wake people to the dangers of aggressive driving
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Recent Examples of woken
At a time when contentious words dominate our conversations—think insurrection and fascism and fake news and woke—the need for dictionaries to chronicle and explain language, and serve as its watchdog, has never been greater.
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Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
The Walton-Penner ownership group woke everybody up.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
This includes some restrictions on shipping technology to adversarial countries and avoidance of anything deemed woke by the current administration.
—Jim McGregor, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
My first safari was back in 1989; followed by my honeymoon safari in 1996, when my husband and I woke to lion tracks outside our tent.
—Karin Jones, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2025
Cracker Barrel proudly announced a new, streamlined, unexciting logo, explained it poorly, defended it clumsily, and failed to recognize that anything remotely resembling a jab at white people, Southern heritage or tradition these days will be attacked as woke.
—Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Mitchell woke as police approached and fled, as officers pursued.
—Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
Instead one was woken into an eternal godlike vigilance, as though the experience of objectification had in the end borne the fruit of objectivity.
—Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
And some people are absolutely outraged, with many going as far to say its new, simplified logo is a signal of Cracker Barrel going woke.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
The Walton-Penner ownership group woke everybody up.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
This includes some restrictions on shipping technology to adversarial countries and avoidance of anything deemed woke by the current administration.
—Jim McGregor, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
My first safari was back in 1989; followed by my honeymoon safari in 1996, when my husband and I woke to lion tracks outside our tent.
—Karin Jones, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2025
Cracker Barrel proudly announced a new, streamlined, unexciting logo, explained it poorly, defended it clumsily, and failed to recognize that anything remotely resembling a jab at white people, Southern heritage or tradition these days will be attacked as woke.
—Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Mitchell woke as police approached and fled, as officers pursued.
—Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
Instead one was woken into an eternal godlike vigilance, as though the experience of objectification had in the end borne the fruit of objectivity.
—Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
And some people are absolutely outraged, with many going as far to say its new, simplified logo is a signal of Cracker Barrel going woke.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for woken
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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
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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
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Before the snap, Maye identified Miami’s man-to-man coverage and alerted to a man-beater concept.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
16 Sep. 2025
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An initial report from the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office noted a cellmate had alerted jail staff that Muniz Jimenez appeared to be unconscious and in medical distress.—
Vanessa Swales,
jsonline.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Billy awoke to the sound of another alarm going off in the plant.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Earlier that week, the men awoke in their cells at four in the morning, the usual time.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Billy awoke to the sound of another alarm going off in the plant.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Earlier that week, the men awoke in their cells at four in the morning, the usual time.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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European firms still face challenges in securing access to crucial rare earths from China, a business lobby warned Wednesday, despite a July deal to speed up exports.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
17 Sep. 2025
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Human rights groups, citing concerns over forced confessions, have condemned a wave of hundreds of arrests and warned that the government is using the June conflict as a pretext to escalate repression.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
Verb
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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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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
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“Woken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woken. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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