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
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
The stadium had awakened, and the reserves were about to go storming.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2022
And then quite suddenly they were gone, as if the dreamer had awakened.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
