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

Mr. Newman, however, said that meeting Ms. Woodward had awakened him.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2023

Not far away, near the small town of Whitesburg, 17-year-old Chloe Adams had awakened to her family’s home being overtaken by water.

From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2022

But it wasn’t the cold that had awakened Billy.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut