awaken

Example Sentences

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"I knew we were a sleeping giant that we needed to awaken in some way."

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Sport mode will awaken a growl in the exhaust pipes but that’s not what pays the SL 680’s bills.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

Here we are, 11 years later, still living in the surreality we first experienced on that day — like a nightmare from which we can’t awaken.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

She saw the corporate demos as tools to awaken Xerox to the corporate value of the work being done at PARC.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Then I dream that I am falling into deep water, and I cannot swim but awaken gasping for air.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein