awaken
Example Sentences
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"I knew we were a sleeping giant that we needed to awaken in some way."
From BBC • May 28, 2026
It seemed to awaken a sense of the car’s potential.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Here we are, 11 years later, still living in the surreality we first experienced on that day — like a nightmare from which we can’t awaken.
From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026
In wet winters, the valleys beyond town awaken in color as sand verbena, desert sunflower, evening primrose and pincushion gather in brief, luminous blooms across the desert floor.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
When I awaken from dream or memory, my legs are tingling.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
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