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Though more of a comedy than a romance, this tender portrait of a teenager’s sexual awakening is equal parts sensitive, funny and sweet.

From Time

It was like a culinary awakening for me, all the fresh markets and the importance of ingredients.

From Ozy

Four years into climate awakening and action, Peter felt he had accomplished nearly zero.

Still, as I look back on 2020, I see a year of great reflection, awakening, and resiliency.

From Fortune

The pandemic, its economic impacts, and the social and racial awakening that marked this year have driven corporate leaders to seek a more just form of capitalism.

From Fortune

On Monday night, a major moment in New York history will get a Royal awakening.

It was a little bit like an awakening, and I just stuck with it.

Her screams attracted attention, awakening one man who lived on the seventh floor of a nine-story building across the street.

For some, it sped up a process of awakening that may have taken years.

“There has been an awakening,” a British defense official told The Daily Beast.

The Duke found no difficulty in awakening the wishes, which were necessary to his scheme, in the mind of young Lorraine.

In that sudden awakening had occurred the very psychological climax required to reveal the passionate emotion accumulated below.

The result was a new interest in Greek learning in all its branches, and a very rapid awakening of the scientific spirit.

I don't doubt you will find more than one affinity if you are awakening; that is merely the mating instinct.

It was as if the spirit of life and the awakening spring had given back the soul to her youth and bade her rejoice.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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