wakened

Example Sentences

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“Had that other player not been wakened by him falling, he may not have made it,” Beck said.

From Washington Times • Aug. 16, 2022

Digital citizens and consumers must be wakened from their slumber, privacy advocates believe, and give thought to the security of their personal information, and how they are surrendering themselves to the power of their spies.

From Slate • Jan. 28, 2022

Uday Ibrahim Ali, a generator repairman, is routinely wakened for urgent fixes in Basra’s Zubair neighborhood.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2021

It was like being wakened five minutes into an induced sleep — “Go on, go on, let the house burn; I’ll be fine” — and I resisted any effort to bring me back.

From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2016

Often in the night she had been wakened by the sound of voices and heard Mama and Aunt Sissy talking in the kitchen about the baby.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith