woken

[woh-kuhn]

verb

1. a past participle of wake.

woken

/ ˈwəʊkən /

verb

1. a past participle of wake 1

Example Sentences

Cooper played the central character, Jamie Miller, a schoolboy who is abruptly woken up by the police storming his house in the show's first episode.

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Mr Bane said he had woken up when he heard the anchor alarm - which rings if the boat is straying from its mooring - and realised that Sarm was no longer on the yacht.

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One relative said he told her that Mrs Arter had choked but others said they were told he had woken up to find her dead.

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In Japan, thousands were woken by tsunami sirens, with waves more than a metre high hitting the Pacific coast, particularly in Iwate prefecture where nearly two million people were told to evacuate.

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Only the more serious alert would have woken them.

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