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also woke
1
as in awoken
to cause to stop sleeping
my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife
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2
as in awakened
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
The bitter, woke drumbeat is not working any more.
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Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 28 May 2026
Mohammad Al-Gharbi, who lived across the street from the building in Sidon, woke to the sound of the explosion.
—Kareem Chehayeb, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
Taylor Sheridan completely rejects woke nonsense in his shows.
—David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
The real Keaton eventually woke Colbert up and the duo discussed Colbert’s idea to have a celebrity dress up like a pigeon as a bit.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
And on that fateful Saturday last August, something woke it up.
—Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 18 May 2026
Thinking him either dead or, worse, suicidal, she’d screamed, which inopportunely woke him up.
—Weike Wang, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
The name of the person who woke him up was redacted.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2026
The movie opens with Lucila (Anna Díaz, the sole reason to keep watching) being woken by her mother Isabel (Adriana Paz, from Emilia Perez), who instructs her to take care of her little brother before disappearing to Spain.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 28 May 2026
Mohammad Al-Gharbi, who lived across the street from the building in Sidon, woke to the sound of the explosion.
—Kareem Chehayeb, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
Taylor Sheridan completely rejects woke nonsense in his shows.
—David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
The real Keaton eventually woke Colbert up and the duo discussed Colbert’s idea to have a celebrity dress up like a pigeon as a bit.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
And on that fateful Saturday last August, something woke it up.
—Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 18 May 2026
Thinking him either dead or, worse, suicidal, she’d screamed, which inopportunely woke him up.
—Weike Wang, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
The name of the person who woke him up was redacted.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2026
The movie opens with Lucila (Anna Díaz, the sole reason to keep watching) being woken by her mother Isabel (Adriana Paz, from Emilia Perez), who instructs her to take care of her little brother before disappearing to Spain.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for woken
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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
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Abdul Begawala said his wife awoke early Tuesday morning to the sound of gunshots.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2026
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Jasper had awakened, and Adele set him down.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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The teen said she was awakened to find the man sucking on her foot while holding her down, charges say.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
27 May 2026
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As a row of kids delighted in mixing cotton candy and frozen lemonade into an only-at-the-ballpark dessert, the usher alerted the parents that a mass of boisterous and predominantly shirtless men soon would be assembling in a nearby section.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Richard Quinones, who lives near Main Street and Buena Vista Avenue in Lemon Grove, first alerted the Sheriff’s Office to a woman in a ditch behind his home the morning of July 29.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 June 2026
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The stadium felt different then, roused by a new connection.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
22 May 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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Officials also warned residents to avoid contact with bats and other wild animals that may carry rabies.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
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The National Federation of Independent Business has warned that small businesses and consumers who rely on energy, rather than oil giants, will end up holding the bag.—
Yaël Ossowski,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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Overview The emergence of teleSUR has aroused significant interest due to its uniqueness of being the first regional television channel purely financed by more than three Latin American states.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
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Bell is a revelation as the nebbish, envious and conflictedly aroused Niall — a desperate man hiding from others and himself.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Woken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woken. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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