awaken
Example Sentences
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Yes, young man, to this day I know I wouldn’t have ever awakened in the glory of this world again if she hadn’t called for that water.
From Literature
As police helicopters buzzed overhead monitoring the demonstration nearby, the archbishop called on God to “awaken again the conscience of Americans.”
From Los Angeles Times
When he talks of flourishing, he talks of vitality and awakening, but also of slowing down and relaxing.
"But when someone encounters us... when our message touches something deep within them, when it awakens the peace that has always lived quietly in their own heart -- something sacred begins to unfold."
From Barron's
“An explosion awakened me in Seattle,” she remembered.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
