awakening
adjective
noun
Origin of awakening
awaken
verb (used with or without object)
Origin of awaken
Related Words for awakening
rebirth, incitement, provocation, revival, renewal, rousing, waking, stimulation, birth, kindling, activation, arousalExamples from the Web for awakening
Contemporary Examples of awakening
It was a little bit like an awakening, and I just stuck with it.
Her screams attracted attention, awakening one man who lived on the seventh floor of a nine-story building across the street.
For some, it sped up a process of awakening that may have taken years.
“There has been an awakening,” a British defense official told The Daily Beast.
Shortly after his ninth birthday, Edwards experienced a “season of awakening.”
Historical Examples of awakening
He did not want to risk her awakening to a spoiled life and disappointed hopes.
Her Father's DaughterGene Stratton-Porter
With me this awakening came with my first glimpse of his eyes.
The UnderdogF. Hopkinson Smith
The giants upon the hillside were just awakening from their night's sleep.
Opera Stories from WagnerFlorence Akin
At dawn the Cyclops woke, and his awakening was like a thunderstorm.
Old Greek Folk Stories Told AnewJosephine Preston Peabody
The sun had come back, and all the awakening Northland world was calling to him.
White FangJack London