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awoke

verb as in become alert or cause to rise from sleep

verb as in become or make aware

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When he awoke, his arm was allegedly being mauled by a Border Patrol dog.

When Little Snow White awoke, they asked her who she was and how she had managed to come to their cottage.

And all allegedly awoke with the unshakable sense that something wrong had occurred.

Tankleff, a 17-year-old, awoke one morning to find his parents brutally beaten and stabbed.

The morning of the 11th, my father awoke me with a phone call from the Eastern Time Zone to suggest I turn on the television.

The hot sun beat down upon the streets and houses, but awoke no life.

When Tom Brown awoke, late in the day, he found Mafuta sitting at his feet with a broad grin on his dusky countenance.

After a tour of four months he reported he had always thought of his watch the moment he awoke.

After this he awoke much refreshed, and having obtained some rice from the native chief, ate a little with relish.

Edna was sobbing, just as she had wept one midnight at Grand Isle when strange, new voices awoke in her.

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On this page you'll find 39 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to awoke, such as: rouse, awaken, get up, call, stir, and wake.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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