awake
verb (used with or without object)
to wake up; rouse from sleep.
had awoken
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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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At about 04:00 GMT the following morning, Ms Staddon told nurses she had awoken to find Brendon "cold".
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025
Prosecutors pointed to testimony that Dinkins’ roommate had awoken at 3 a.m. on July 10 and found that neither Breasia nor Dinkins were in the apartment.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the women’s lock was changed after she reported that she had awoken two days in a room with her door unlocked.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 28, 2021
He had awoken with a scrap of melody in his head and a lyric: “There will be a path forward . . .”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2021
Marcus, tired out, had slept through the night, but he had awoken at dawn with a stifled pain.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
