- past participle of awake.
awoken
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"Young people have awoken for our parents, too," Billa told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
GRENOBLE, France—One night last week, Tour de France leader Tadej Pogacar was fast asleep on the shores of Lake Geneva when he was suddenly awoken by a knock at his hotel-room door.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Sajili said he was awoken by a fellow passenger as the triple-decker ferry began to tilt precariously.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
The mother and father were awoken at 03:00 GMT to the fire and attempted to reach the back bedroom where the children were sleeping.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
Marcus, tired out, had slept through the night, but he had awoken at dawn with a stifled pain.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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