awaken

Example Sentences

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"Some officials in the United States still have yet to awaken from their escapist and anachronistic dream," she said.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

"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

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

It was a cool dark summer night in the first days of blueberry picking time, and Omakayas had just fallen asleep when something made her awaken, a dream or a sound.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich