awaken

Example Sentences

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

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

Maybe it will awaken a sleeping American public.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

He would help Unai build a project, awaken the giant.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 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

Many years later, long after Ultima was gone and I had grown to be a man, I would awaken sometimes at night and think I caught a scent of her fragrance in the cool-night breeze.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya