Thesaurus / waken
FEEDBACKHow to use waken in a sentence
Drink, and go to sleep—sleep so sound that you waken only when Moukir and Nakir, the death angels, sift soul from body.
GOD WILLS IT!WILLIAM STEARNS DAVISThe servant, who carried her breakfast, reported her asleep, and the careful mother would not let them waken her.
ALONEMARION HARLANDHumphrey and Pablo both set off, and then Edward went to waken the boy, still lying on the bed.
THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW FORESTCAPTAIN MARRYATA conscience that had overslept itself began to stir and waken.
QUINALICE HEGAN RICE"Death must come to all," some one would waken up to murmur.
AULD LICHT IDYLLSJ. M. BARRIEAnd how she shook her husband, and tried to waken him, but without effect.
LEGENDS AND TALESBRET HARTEShe said she very often does that, and it is best not to try and waken her.
THE MYSTERY OF A TURKISH BATHE.M. GOLLAN (AKA RITA)I let my head drop upon the table and feigned sleep, and without attempting to waken me, he withdrew.
THE MONCTONS: A NOVEL, VOLUME ISUSANNA MOODIESomeone has said, "Our fates lie asleep along the roadside until we waken them."
FIFTY-TWO STORY TALKS TO BOYS AND GIRLSHOWARD J. CHIDLEYDoes anybody imagine that gossip is one of the forces that waken conscience, and work for the redemption of our fallen brethren?
EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANSJAMES DENNEYWORDS RELATED TO WAKEN
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