How to Use awaken in a Sentence

awaken

verb

• A loud noise awakened her.
• She usually awakens several times during the night.
• The man awakens, tries to fend off the teens, but the woman drags and beats the man.
  — Fox News, 7 Feb. 2020
• The items in your home need to awaken something in you.
  — Marni Jameson, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2022
• The sounds of the Shofar are said to awaken the soul to repent.
  — Joshua Gunter, cleveland, 26 Sep. 2022
• The angel would like to stay, awaken the dead and make whole what has been smashed.
  — New York Times, 30 Nov. 2021
• The angel would like to stay, awaken the dead, and make whole what has been smashed.
  — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2020
• A change for the better John awakens with a scream, his body drenched in sweat.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 19 Dec. 2024
• The next morning, he was awakened not by a dream, but by the pain, which soon ebbed.
  — Steven Petrow, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
• So how do the stars veil dark circles and awaken tired eyes?
  — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 27 July 2023
• He was awaken by the car’s alarm outside of his room at 6 a.m. Sept. 10.
  — cleveland, 17 Sep. 2021
• He was awakened in the middle of the night by a loud noise and went outside to the outhouse.
  — Karina Bland, azcentral, 16 June 2019
• So that night, the refugees spread out across the deck to find some rest, only to awaken to the sight of the Libyan coastline.
  — Kenneth R. Rosen, The New Republic, 26 Apr. 2022
• He was awakened by a phone call at dawn the next morning.
  — Michael Gordon, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
• Graham then went to sleep and was awakened at 2:30 p.m. by a phone call.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2023
• The victim, awakened by the noise, grabbed a rifle and shot at the would-be home invaders.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 28 Dec. 2023
• In the 1930s, the police chief kept a list of people to awaken in case of northern lights.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 8 May 2022
• The moon’s clash with Pluto awakens feelings of guilt and shame.
  — USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
• He was awakened about 3:12 a.m. by a popping sound and saw a glow from the middle deck.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2023
• Rand says the roof would’ve collapsed on him if Curly hadn’t awakened him.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2019
• On my father’s last night in the Wooden House he was awakened by a weight at the edge of his bed.
  — Michael W. Clune, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
• What Hinch needs even more is for his offense to awaken.
  — Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press, 18 Apr. 2021
• But then: One morning about 4 A.M., I was awakened by a phone call.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 26 June 2019
• Your passions awaken over the next six weeks, with Mars in Libra.
  — Nancy Black, cleveland, 27 Aug. 2023
• Your hair won't feel a thing, but its zesty notes still manage to awaken the senses.
  — Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 13 Mar. 2024
• Words on a page are meant to evoke an emotion in the same way a scent wafting through the air can awaken the senses.
  — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 23 Apr. 2019
• About three months ago, my husband and I were awakened in the middle of the night by our son calling.
  — Ask Amy, oregonlive.com, 10 July 2019
• Look for Foles to grow into the job and to be given time by coach Matt Nagy to help awaken the offense.
  — Barry Wilner, Star Tribune, 7 Oct. 2020
• Another resident of the camp said he was awakened by a strike in the middle of the night that caused a wooden plank and stones to fall on him and his three children.
  — NBC News, 18 Mar. 2025
• At sunrise, the desert awakens with the calls of cactus wrens and the scurrying of jackrabbits while the striking silhouettes of saguaro cacti stretch toward the sky.
  — Visit Tucson, AFAR Media, 21 Mar. 2025