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 first arcana awakens inside me at the sight of it.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton