waken
verb (used with object)
to rouse from sleep; wake; awake; awaken.
had wakened
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past perfectof waken.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Here in the Cerrado, Mason had wakened sleeping giant anteaters, and the nearsighted creatures merely ignored him and moved on as Mason retreated.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 22, 2013
In our sleep-deprived state, it felt like a miracle, as if the baby had wakened us to make sure we didn’t miss this rare visit.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2012
The Indian press, which had wakened to Peking before Nehru did, cheered him for taking a strong stand at last.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he rose and turned to go back the tarp was lit from within where the boy had wakened.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
When his bowels were empty, Tyrion slipped on a bedrobe and roughed bis thin flaxen hair with his fingers, all the more to look as if he had wakened from sleep.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
