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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
Kay woke before dawn to the sound of rain rattling the windows.
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Charlotte Brooks, Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026
Traveler Tim Glasgow said his wife woke him up extra early this morning to beat the lines.
—Brandon Goldner, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
Quotas, speech codes and identity politics now mocked as woke and un-American, often defied common sense.
—Maurice O'Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026
When father and son woke one November morning in their Oakland, California, home to a low blood sugar alert from Michael’s FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensor, part of a top-tier glucose monitoring system from medical manufacturer Abbott, Davonte did not question the reading.
—Elizabeth Chuck, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026
Thirty minutes from landing, the captain woke us all up to say that UAE airspace had closed and that the plane had to turn back to Mumbai.
—Emma Graham, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2026
And high in Gabriel Tower, Emma Curran woke from a troubled nap with a start.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
The fear of having Amazon eat its lunch woke Walmart up.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
And our country will be woke no longer.
—Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026
Charlotte Brooks, Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026
Traveler Tim Glasgow said his wife woke him up extra early this morning to beat the lines.
—Brandon Goldner, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
Quotas, speech codes and identity politics now mocked as woke and un-American, often defied common sense.
—Maurice O'Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026
When father and son woke one November morning in their Oakland, California, home to a low blood sugar alert from Michael’s FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensor, part of a top-tier glucose monitoring system from medical manufacturer Abbott, Davonte did not question the reading.
—Elizabeth Chuck, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026
Thirty minutes from landing, the captain woke us all up to say that UAE airspace had closed and that the plane had to turn back to Mumbai.
—Emma Graham, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2026
And high in Gabriel Tower, Emma Curran woke from a troubled nap with a start.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
The fear of having Amazon eat its lunch woke Walmart up.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
And our country will be woke no longer.
—Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for woken
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Iranians awoke Sunday for the first time in decades without Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as their supreme leader after he was killed in US-Israeli strikes, a profound shift in the nation’s history.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
1 Mar. 2026
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Americans awoke Saturday morning to the news that the United States and Israel had launched a series of strikes against Iran.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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Death Valley National Park is experiencing its best wildflower bloom in a decade, with dormant seeds awakened by recent rainfall and mild winter temperatures.—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Mother Earth has awakened after a mild-winter snooze.—
Mindy Schauer,
Oc Register,
6 Mar. 2026
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Monday, officers were alerted to a possibly deceased person near Georgia Street and the railroad tracks that run behind the station.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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An employee at a business saw the boy and alerted police.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
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What roused them from complacency to defiance?—
Joshua Hammer,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Feb. 2026
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Within minutes, the federal agents had roused Thi Dua Vang from bed.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
15 Feb. 2026
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According to the complaint, officials in Lower Oxford Township had previously warned the HBCU about crowd control and parking issues that prevented EMS vehicles from responding to emergencies.—
Frederick Sutton Sinclair,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Officials warned flying debris could be dangerous for anyone caught outside and said mobile homes could be damaged or destroyed.—
Nour Rahal,
Freep.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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Jane Street may have also aroused jealousy among some traders for its massively profitable trading strategies, and the secret and eccentric behavior of co-founder Rob Granieri, described in a recent Bloomberg profile.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
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Shane was both terrified and undeniably aroused by the idea.—
E. Alex Jung,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Woken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woken. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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