are awaking
- present progressive of awake.
Example Sentences
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"Now," said the steersman, "since you are awaking out of your faint you'll be telling us where you come from, because we want to send you home again."
From The Untilled Field by Moore, George (George Augustus)
About half-past two of a morning in June a faint twittering under the eaves announces that the swallows are awaking, although they will not commence their flight for awhile yet.
From Wild Life in a Southern County by Jefferies, Richard
The people are 'all right' in this struggle: but they are awaking very rapidly to the fact that those in power must be honest or able.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
People are awaking to a dim perception of the meaning of spiritual life, as exemplified in Jesus Christ.
From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis
But women of all ranks, white and colored, are awaking to their need of the ballot for self-protection.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
