- present tense form of waken (3rd person singular).
wakens
Example Sentences
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Finally, there is an a cappella performance of the Irish song of rebellion “A Row in the Town,” and it is performed with an anger that wakens the senses as it freezes the blood.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2018
As in the novel, Joseph wakens one morning to the news that he has been accused of some unspecified crime, of which he can never prove himself innocent.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2015
“This move by the IOC will be the call that wakens a sleeping tiger,” he said.
From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2013
"Heavy weather" not only mirrors the patients' psychic turmoil and confusion; it wakens sensuous private memories.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 22, 2010
Meanwhile the suitors’ ghosts were called away by Hermes of Kyllene, bearing the golden wand with which he charms the eyes of men or wakens whom he wills.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
