- present tense form of awaken (3rd person singular).
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
There’s a sense of being in a struggle together and the sense that she awakens something in him because he is much more compliant at the beginning of the show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
The bell awakens me; and then Cora, knocking at my door.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
