awakens

Example Sentences

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The rise in energy prices awakens memories of the 2022 crisis, but the backdrop now is different.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

"We used to think of the time before the genome awakens as a period of chaos," explains Noura Maziak, lead author of the study.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

"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 • Feb. 3, 2026

What begins as a story of reinvention turns darkly operatic when their music awakens something hungry in the Delta night.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2025

A wolf, asleep with his head on his paws, awakens at the sound of my footsteps and opens his eyes but does not lift his head.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner