wake
verb (used without object)
to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed byup ).
had waked
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past perfectof wake.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Police said Martin had waked up and began to drive away with the officer inside.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2023
Design of the North Carolina class was begun before the Navy had waked up, presumably was altered in time.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thomas had waked at 2 a.m., found the stranger snoring thunderously in the living room, kicked him out, next found him snoring in the Thomas car.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had waked up with a sore throat.
From Time Magazine Archive
So I answered after I had waked from the trance-like dream.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
