How to Use awake in a Sentence

awake

1 of 2 verb

• The alarm awoke me early.
• The baby awoke from his nap.
• They were awoken by a loud bang.
• I awoke several times during the night.
• She fell asleep immediately but awoke an hour later.
• Very sad to awake to the news that @carlreiner has passed.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 30 June 2020
• At dawn, the people of Homs awoke to traces of a massacre.
  — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2023
• Should the sea ever touch them both at the same time, the two will awake and fall in love.
  — Lisa Morrow, CNN, 25 Apr. 2022
• The song sparrow will return and sing, the frogs will awake, the warm wind will blow again.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
• On the morning of Feb. 4, Karen awoke, padded down to the kitchen, turned on the coffee pot and went back upstairs.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2023
• Gawain finds the Green Knight in the forest and patiently waits for the monster to awake.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2021
• Blair awoke about an hour later and took a sip of water.
  — Sunita Puri, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2023
• Right before any of them can grab it, Strange bolts awake in his bed.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2022
• Growing up, Liz Rogers would awake to the scent of her mother’s pies.
  — Samantha Leach, Glamour, 11 June 2021
• The worshipers awoke to flames and managed to extinguish the fire.
  — CBS News, 20 Sep. 2019
• The skid ended with a 12-1 win over the Wolf Pack Wednesday night, when the lineup awoke from a March malaise.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2023
• Her husband awoke around 1:30 a.m. to a mournful sound.
  — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
• At 4:30 am Harding awoke to the sound of explosions and alarms across Kyiv.
  — Amy Knight, The New York Review of Books, 16 Mar. 2023
• The first crew member awoke in the wheelhouse to a noise and got up to investigate, the NTSB said.
  — Matthias Gafni, SFChronicle.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• On the morning of Nov. 4, Chennai awoke to find a haze that had enveloped the entire city.
  — Vijayta Lalwani, Quartz India, 19 Nov. 2019
• About half an hour later, I was awoken again, this time by a phone call from a friend.
  — Anna Holmes, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2023
• Each morning, mother and daughter would awake at 4 a.m. to get ready, then make the two-hour drive.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2021
• Although the surgery had gone fine, French awoke to a prolonged nightmare.
  — Elizabeth Preston, STAT, 8 Nov. 2019
• After the two drift off to sleep, Elsa is awoken by the hymn that’s been nagging at her.
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2019
• In the first incident, the victim awoke to a noise between midnight and 2 a.m. Aug. 15.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 29 Aug. 2019
• That’s where Roy Thomas awoke at about 9 a.m. Tuesday, rubbed his eyes and walked from a train onto the platform.
  — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 5 Sep. 2019
• At one point, the man awoke and grabbed the steering wheel, causing the car to hit a curb and a trash can, which disabled the vehicle.
  — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2023
• Each female awoke from their sleep as the subject was rubbing their feet.
  — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2023
• Rosa had awoken early that morning, as dawn broke across the Purus, flat and gray.
  — Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
• In New Hampshire, apple growers who went to bed with orchards full of pink blossoms awoke to petals turning brown.
  — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024

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awake

2 of 2 adjective

• One moment she was sleeping soundly—the next she was wide awake.
• I am so tired I can barely stay awake.
• She was lying awake, tossing and turning.
• Drinking coffee keeps him awake.
• And try to stay awake for the striptease scene at the end.
  — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
• The man works nights and takes drugs in the morning to stay awake.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2023
• The best consumers, as a rule, are the ones who are awake.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2023
• Are the kids even awake in your presence for 48 hours a week?
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 10 June 2023
• The song is still wide awake: On this week’s chart, the groove sits comfortably at No. 9.
  — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2024
• Having to turn around and walk away from his dream still keeps him awake at night.
  — Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2023
• While awake, if there’s a loud noise or a bright light, the body senses it and reacts.
  — Jennifer Ahn, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2023
• Other times, the stress of not being able to fall sleep was enough to keep her awake for hours.
  — Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
• Probably the gays from the night before aren’t awake yet, which is fine.
  — Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• Late on the night of Oct. 31, Lena was awake, as usual, unable to sleep as the strikes grew louder.
  — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
• The next blast shook the entire apartment, jolting her awake.
  — Samya Kullab, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2023
• More than an hour and a half awake and an average of about 15 breaths per minute.
  — Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2023
• Lying awake in the middle of the night can feel torturous.
  — Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 28 June 2023
• Jonathan Grant used to keep the barracks awake with the tremendous sound of sawing lumber.
  — Ben Terris, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
• When facing hard challenges, the only way out is through, and the best way through is to be informed and awake.
  — Paul Buccieri, Variety, 16 Feb. 2023
• Typically, light from the sun keeps you awake during the day.
  — Krissy Brady, Health, 27 July 2023
• Try to keep the person awake and breathing, and lay them on their side to prevent choking.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
• The muted hues of a new day were clawing into the eastern sky when my wife’s voice pulled me awake.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2023
• But even after my heart slowed, something else kept me awake.
  — Anja Mutic, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2023
• Ohio State’s first three games may have looked and sounded like white noise, but Notre Dame will keep the Buckeyes -- and their fans -- awake.
  — Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
• Firat Yayla was awake in bed, scrolling through videos on his phone.
  — Nimet Kirac, New York Times, 4 May 2023
• Even for the sleepiest among us, these restaurants make a very strong case for staying awake for just a few more hours.
  — The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 8 Dec. 2023
• To stay awake on drives that can sometimes last three hours, Ávila keeps candy and gum in her car.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
• The royal set off around 7 a.m. local time, awake for the early workout likely thanks in part to the jet lag as the U.K. is five hours ahead.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
• Marquis Neal, 48, who lives in the Turner Station community near the bridge, said the crash jolted him awake.
  — Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
• But this is also a time in which many parents lie awake at night wondering if tomorrow will be the day their tween boy discovers Andrew Tate.
  — Mark Harris Keita Morimoto, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024