awaken

Example Sentences

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Steve told his son it was a Lead Belly song; his son didn’t believe him, they listened to Lead Belly together, and it ended up being a key moment of Justin’s musical awakening.

From Salon

While he was at PacBell, he awakened daily before dawn to try to figure out an alternative career.

From Los Angeles Times

Either way, now that I had awakened to the disease, I decided to tolerate it no longer.

From The Wall Street Journal

These days, the Federal Aviation Administration requires that U.S. airlines carry smelling salts onboard in case a pilot needs to be awakened after fainting.

From Los Angeles Times

The Eaton fire had been raging for hours in west Altadena when Khan and her husband were awakened by evacuation alerts on their phones at 3:30 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times