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

Wisconsin had awoken a sleeping giant on UCLA’s roster that late January day at Pauley Pavilion.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025

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

Another voice had awoken in the back of his brain.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling