woken
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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But this was still only the start of his ordeal – he told his mother he wished he had never woken up as he faced the prospect of learning the most basic of tasks again.
From BBC
We asked a former senior official, “How often does the president rehearse for the moment when they might be woken in the dead of night and asked to decide the fate of humanity?”
From Los Angeles Times
"You cannot simply have woken up to this reality in recent weeks," he said.
From BBC
Rosario, the foreman’s wife, had woken up at 4:30 a.m., as she always does, to make the couple a lunch of homemade tortillas, green beans and refried beans.
From Los Angeles Times
A resident of Afaahiti told AFP she was woken early Wednesday by what sounded like a train outside her home.
From Barron's
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