awaken

Example Sentences

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I always have on my bedside table a book that I read before going to sleep and, again, if I awaken in the middle of the night.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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

Once traders sense blood in the water, Treasuries should awaken.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

So why, in this glum post-“Walking Dead” era, awaken our much-loved caveman from a good death to such a miserable half-life?

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026

And then she touched his cheek and he fell down in an enchanted sleep and did not awaken until his neighbor discovered him.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo