woke

Example Sentences

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Ground teams woke them a bit after 7 a.m.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Silva woke up at 5 a.m. last Wednesday to travel from her Las Vegas home to Death Valley National Park, hoping to beat the heat and the crowds to the superbloom.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

People talk about your audience as a kind of woke manosphere.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

His wife, the Rev. Raysa Vázquez, woke up every couple of hours and tended to Briany, sitting with her in the brown recliner in the living room, rocking her back to sleep.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

She was in a dark forest and called out to him, but he always woke up before he understood what she was saying.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova