awaken
Example Sentences
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"I knew we were a sleeping giant that we needed to awaken in some way."
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Sport mode will awaken a growl in the exhaust pipes but that’s not what pays the SL 680’s bills.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 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
In wet winters, the valleys beyond town awaken in color as sand verbena, desert sunflower, evening primrose and pincushion gather in brief, luminous blooms across the desert floor.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
I was always the first of my family to awaken.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
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