wakened
Example Sentences
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“Had that other player not been wakened by him falling, he may not have made it,” Beck said.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 16, 2022
Digital citizens and consumers must be wakened from their slumber, privacy advocates believe, and give thought to the security of their personal information, and how they are surrendering themselves to the power of their spies.
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2022
Uday Ibrahim Ali, a generator repairman, is routinely wakened for urgent fixes in Basra’s Zubair neighborhood.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2021
Once when flying to Oman, I was wakened in my window seat by the sheer brightness of the flares shooting up from the Persian Gulf oil rigs below.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2021
The loud rapping awoke the farmer, who was alarmed at being wakened in the middle of the night.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
