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or waked
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
Meanwhile, American families are getting squeezed by high gas prices, unaffordable housing, soaring grocery bills and out-of-touch politicians who are more focused on woke ideology than on real solutions.
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Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
Monday night when the teen suspect and two friends woke him up and began harassing him, at one point urinating in a cup and throwing it on the victim, according to prosecutors citing surveillance footage.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 8 May 2026
Some North Texans woke to thunderstorms Friday morning, mainly across Denton and Collin counties.
—Nelly Carreño, CBS News, 8 May 2026
That was right in the middle of the full-on woke era where normally these covers were reserved for trans models.
—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
The biggest crowds come to watch the leader, a deportation is remigration, and woke means not to stand up to injustice but to be consumed by leftist ideology.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
In the morning, I would be woken by music emanating from the frat house down the block.
—Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
Each woman enters the fray on her own terms — Deborah cynically, Ava, performatively woke.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2026
Fillmore, a German shorthaired pointer, is being hailed a hero after his urgent barking woke his family during a garage fire at their home on Skyway Drive in Unincorporated Tustin, Orange County.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
Monday night when the teen suspect and two friends woke him up and began harassing him, at one point urinating in a cup and throwing it on the victim, according to prosecutors citing surveillance footage.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 8 May 2026
Some North Texans woke to thunderstorms Friday morning, mainly across Denton and Collin counties.
—Nelly Carreño, CBS News, 8 May 2026
That was right in the middle of the full-on woke era where normally these covers were reserved for trans models.
—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
The biggest crowds come to watch the leader, a deportation is remigration, and woke means not to stand up to injustice but to be consumed by leftist ideology.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
In the morning, I would be woken by music emanating from the frat house down the block.
—Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
Each woman enters the fray on her own terms — Deborah cynically, Ava, performatively woke.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2026
Fillmore, a German shorthaired pointer, is being hailed a hero after his urgent barking woke his family during a garage fire at their home on Skyway Drive in Unincorporated Tustin, Orange County.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for woken
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When the sun rose over Baltimore on Sunday morning, the Red Sox awoke with a lingering sense of disbelief.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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Alvarez awoke Sunday leading the majors in slugging, OPS and home runs, a flaming core at the heart of a cooling lineup.—
Matt Kawahara,
Houston Chronicle,
19 Apr. 2026
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Even stranger was the beeping that awakened Lassiter one morning.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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Rita Vega, 35, who lives on the second floor, was awakened by the smoke detectors.—
Rebecca White,
New York Daily News,
4 May 2026
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The California Department of Public Health said it was alerted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that state residents were also on board the ship.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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The move comes after Utz was alerted that a flavor seasoning containing dry milk powder (supplied by a third-party carrier) could be contaminated with salmonella.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
7 May 2026
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According to the report, both animals roused and regained consciousness about 30 minutes after the procedure began.—
Adam Bednar,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Armory Show of 1913 was an event that roused the journalism world to visual art.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
22 Apr. 2026
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If that happens, the economist warned that the retail sector might undo some of its recent labor force expansion to account for sliding demand.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
10 May 2026
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King warned that the war would devour Johnson’s ambition for a Great Society, consuming the resources meant to relieve poverty here at home.—
Mark Conway,
Baltimore Sun,
9 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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This aroused suspicion and eventually led to searches of Kamnik’s phone, computer, and external hard drive, which revealed a massive trove of illicit material.—
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Woken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woken. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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