awaken
verb (used with or without object)
to awake; waken.
had been awakening
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past perfect progressiveof awaken.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Amongst other physicians of Shakespeare’s century was Mr. Valentine Greatrake, who came to London from Ireland, where his supposed magical cures had been awakening a great sensation.
From The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. by Various
