waken

Example Sentences

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Enough noise to waken the dead, but not this lot, I thought.

From Salon • Sep. 1, 2025

The work of the sitcom is to waken them to this fact — as often as it takes.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025

If, for example, they don’t waken spontaneously in the morning, have tantrums, can’t focus in school or are sleepy in the afternoons, they might not be getting enough sleep.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2022

"You would just waken up with bolt and there was basically a gap between the bottom of Bill's bed and the desks and this figure was just standing in the gap," Billy said.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2021

Todd said, “I just tried to waken him to make sure he’d gone to the lavatory, Mother. I was just trying to help.”

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis