awaken

Example Sentences

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We encounter creation—God’s relation to the world—as something given: not something we authored, but the condition in which we awaken.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

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

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

Goalkeeper Pope had to make big saves to deny both Lucas Paqueta and Max Kilman, before West Ham levelled, but those warnings failed to awaken Newcastle from their slumber.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025

“They would awaken sometimes at night to find her standing silently in the doorway, watching them sleep — ‘Oh, you’re awake?’” he writes.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2025

“The others will only awaken as needed. With increasing darkness comes answering light,” said Boo.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi