awoke

[uh-wohk]

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of awake.

awoke

/ əˈwəʊk /

verb

1. a past tense or (now rare or dialectal) past participle of awake

Example Sentences

He was unconscious for about 20 minutes, he said, and groggily awoke to what sounded like chanting: “One, two, three, four, five” — long breath — “one, two, three, four, five.”

From Los Angeles Times

When she awoke, her son was gone, she told investigators.

From Los Angeles Times

Haylie Ross awoke to yelling and someone pounding on her dorm room door.

From Los Angeles Times

Stella Thompson, 13, was in a cabin on higher ground at the camp when storms awoke her early on Friday.

From BBC

When he finally awoke, Arenas still couldn’t speak.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• awaken 
• get up 
• rouse 
• wake up