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1
as in woke
to cause to stop sleeping
awoke the boys for breakfast
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2
as in waked
to cease to be asleep
at the sound of breaking glass she awoke with a start
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Recent Examples of awoke
The victim awoke while this was happening, and during an ensuing struggle, Guardado was stabbed in the leg, severing an artery.
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
The eagle awoke and shook out its feathers, fluffing the straw surrounding the trio of eggs as the camera zoomed in.
—Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2025
The fourth victim included in Phelps' indictment, meanwhile, ended up in a coma as a result of her sedation, but later awoke, according to NBC News and the AP.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
But during the administration of the medication that would stop her heart, the woman awoke and resisted.
—Stephanie Nolen, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Residents of Freedom, New Hampshire, awoke to a fluffy blanket of fresh powder, video from the community shows.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2025
Early Sunday morning, families in Sanford awoke to chaos.
—Chad Albritton, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025
McNally awoke to find the man gone and her son looking confusedly out the window.
—Matthew Schneier, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
On the morning after Assad’s escape from Damascus, in the underground dungeon of a fearsome prison known as the Palestine Branch, a twenty-seven-year-old farmer’s son named Motasem Kattan awoke to shouts and the clattering of iron doors.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
The eagle awoke and shook out its feathers, fluffing the straw surrounding the trio of eggs as the camera zoomed in.
—Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2025
The fourth victim included in Phelps' indictment, meanwhile, ended up in a coma as a result of her sedation, but later awoke, according to NBC News and the AP.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
But during the administration of the medication that would stop her heart, the woman awoke and resisted.
—Stephanie Nolen, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Residents of Freedom, New Hampshire, awoke to a fluffy blanket of fresh powder, video from the community shows.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2025
Early Sunday morning, families in Sanford awoke to chaos.
—Chad Albritton, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025
McNally awoke to find the man gone and her son looking confusedly out the window.
—Matthew Schneier, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
On the morning after Assad’s escape from Damascus, in the underground dungeon of a fearsome prison known as the Palestine Branch, a twenty-seven-year-old farmer’s son named Motasem Kattan awoke to shouts and the clattering of iron doors.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Awoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awoke. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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