- past participle of wake.
woken
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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But fellow resident Anastasiia Grygorovych -- woken up when her window "fell on me" -- had already fled her home-town of Gorlivka, now occupied by Russia.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Holly said her boyfriend had been sleeping as the fire took hold, and was woken by a stranger ringing the doorbell.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Fed officials have now woken up to the inflationary part of the AI story.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
For more than four decades, Yuk Wong has woken up every day at 4 a.m. and cooked bacon from before the sun rises until closing time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
“Well, I was really moved by your plea, sweetie. You must’ve woken up the journalist in me. I recorded your speech.”
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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