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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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Because the alternative, as I have learned so many times, is to get woken at 4 a.m. by the previous guest’s unreasonably early alarm setting.

From The Wall Street Journal

Today, though, Tall Tailless had woken up before the light, and in a very different mood.

From Literature

In Tel Aviv, which bears the brunt of Iranian drone and missile fire, fatigue is visible on the faces of people woken several times each night by air-raid sirens.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tommy Lynch, from Derbyshire, said he had woken from a long sleep in the gifted navy-coloured bedding looking like "an Avatar", in reference to the blue beings from the blockbuster film.

From BBC

Issa and his wife were in bed with their grandson on the second floor just after 3 a.m. that Sunday when they were woken by a loud crash outside.

From The Wall Street Journal