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

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

She saw the corporate demos as tools to awaken Xerox to the corporate value of the work being done at PARC.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

But once the hero returns, and Dejanira’s suspicions awaken when she sees the lovely Iole, the character’s music demands more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Their faces told me that they thought my imminent departure a dream from which they would surely awaken, and find I was going nowhere.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane