awaken

Example Sentences

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"Some officials in the United States still have yet to awaken from their escapist and anachronistic dream," she said.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

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

From BBC • May 28, 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

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

Then I’d awaken the girls and we’d eat breakfast together—usually fruit, cereal, toast, and maybe homemade applesauce.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson