awake
verb (used with or without object)
to wake up; rouse from sleep.
had awoke
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past perfectof awake.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile Schwab had awoke to the facts of existence, and the manner in which he announced his awakening was characteristic.
From King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane by Herbert Strang
Hav- ing remained thus some time in the parlor, we at length heard a noise in the adjoining passage-way, which induced us to believe that Mr. Paine, who was sick in that room, had awoke.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Robert Green Ingersoll
Was it possible that she was the same Agnes Willoughby who had awoke with such an aching heart, but four-and-twenty hours ago?...
From The Widow Barnaby Vol. III (of 3) by Frances Eleanor Trollope
Gourel had awoke under the action of the same inward pangs, which made them think that the breakfast-hour must be long past and that they had already slept for a part of the day.
From 813 by Maurice Leblanc
It was as if in sorrow a new life had awoke in some nook of her heart.
From The Sand-Hills of Jutland by Mrs. (Anna S.) Bushby
