Example Sentences

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Nvidia’s stock has awakened from its slumber, clocking its seventh consecutive day of gains.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

That has awakened memories of 2015 and 2016 when a comparable number of people sought asylum here.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2022

Lately, every time I go to the supermarket, I feel like someone who has awakened from a 30-year nap and can't believe how much everything costs.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2022

“I’m jealous of myself, to be honest,” Hreinsdóttir says, although eruptions may occur as often as every few years now that Reykjanes has awakened from its roughly 800-year slumber.

From Scientific American • Aug. 24, 2022

I’m not sure where that swell of desperation came from, but now that I’ve acknowledged it, it’s impossible to ignore, like a living thing has awakened from a long sleep inside me.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth