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as in to awake
to cease to be asleep
guests at the B and B usually awaken to the smell of fresh pancakes
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Recent Examples of awaken
Although many yachts have satellite Wi-Fi, consider embarking on a digital detox and allow nature to awaken your senses.
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
A change for the better John awakens with a scream, his body drenched in sweat.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 19 Dec. 2024
Many observers apparently wanted to view it as a bellwether for further violence against the rich and powerful, or as the inciting event that might awaken people to the scale and extent of the populist rage in the country toward broken bureaucracies such as our health-care system.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
Into this wound, imagination may pour—not to invade the other’s subjectivity, but to awaken awe at the depth, privacy, and singularity of each life.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 11 Dec. 2024
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
A change for the better John awakens with a scream, his body drenched in sweat.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 19 Dec. 2024
Many observers apparently wanted to view it as a bellwether for further violence against the rich and powerful, or as the inciting event that might awaken people to the scale and extent of the populist rage in the country toward broken bureaucracies such as our health-care system.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
Into this wound, imagination may pour—not to invade the other’s subjectivity, but to awaken awe at the depth, privacy, and singularity of each life.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for awaken
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California Faulty evacuation alerts woke Angelenos in a panic.Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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Puerto Ricans woke to the news of the arson, with reports featuring security footage and TikTok videos of the altercation.Graciela Mochkofsky, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2025
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North Texans awoke up to a blanket of snow on Feb. 14, 2021, that turned Fort Worth neighborhoods into winter wonderlands filled with snowmen and sledding.Amanda McCoy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Jan. 2025
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The world awoke to the horrific news of an attack that took place in the early morning hours of New Orleans.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
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The production design transforms Los Angeles into a phantasmagoric nightmare from which Elisabeth cannot be roused—as herself or as Sue.Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Outside of Hulk Hogan drowning in boos, the Monday Night Raw debut on Netflix was a rousing success.Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Awaken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awaken. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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