awaken
verb (used with or without object)
to awake; waken.
had awakened
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past perfectof awaken.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Either way, now that I had awakened to the disease, I decided to tolerate it no longer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
In a text message early that morning, Kawahara told Burns he had awakened to a foggy morning, and he was watching a group of murres, black and white sea birds, fishing near him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2025
Because the country had awakened to the problem.
From Slate ● May 31, 2023
Doctors said that the injured Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin had awakened and was improving but that he remained critically ill and on a ventilator.
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
I was on the point of getting up to rebuild my fire, when I heard what had awakened me.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
