awakenings
- plural of awakening.
Example Sentences
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Yet if the album is rooted in the creative awakenings of George’s youth, it’s also the 51-year-old’s way of embracing middle age.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
When sleep is repeatedly disrupted by frequent awakenings, shorter sleep duration, or pauses in breathing, the cardiovascular system loses critical recovery time.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2026
A 2014 study that looked at the sleep diaries of 592 adults without sleep disorders found an average of 1.4 awakenings per night.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2025
If there was hope, and belief, that this type of performance was maybe behind them, then this was the rudest of rude awakenings.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025
There had been a time when I’d loathed such rude awakenings.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
