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  • past participle of wake.
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woken

American  
[woh-kuhn] / ˈwoʊ kən /

verb

  1. a past participle of wake.


woken British  
/ ˈwəʊkən /

verb

  1. a past participle of wake 1

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"Woken by huge bangs and wailing siren," he texted.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Woken to find that we're just a fiver off £142,000!

From Time • Sep. 9, 2016

Woken by the crashing of timbers, she grabbed her two children and got out just in time.

From Reuters • Oct. 6, 2011

Wednesday 1st September Dear Diary, Woken early by an employee of Parcel Force.

From The Guardian • Sep. 3, 2010

Woken abruptly to the brutal truth she felt that she had nothing left to cling to—a loneliness far greater than she had known before.

From The Shadow of the East by Hull, E. M. (Edith Maude)

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