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

She saw the corporate demos as tools to awaken Xerox to the corporate value of the work being done at PARC.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

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

Though his house was under attack, he lay down, knowing something would awaken him soon enough, and so, surrendering for now, he fell into a shallow sleep.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers