woke

Example Sentences

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Nicole Blain, 30, told a court she had taken a nap, and woke to find Thea Wilson lying on the floor beside her crib at her Greenock flat in July 2023.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

“One day I woke up and I said, you know what? I feel like it is my time to bring that type of peace to other people.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

After weeks calling the agency only to get a recorded message, she woke before sunrise recently to wait in line at an Arizona Department of Economic Security office in south Phoenix.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

"Heat woke me up in the middle of the night."

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

One morning the people of Rin woke to find that the stream that flowed down the Mountain and through their village had slowed to a trickle.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda