awake
verb (used with or without object)
to wake up; rouse from sleep.
has awoken
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present perfectof awake (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Over the last seven games, their offense has awoken.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2025
And for weeks and months now, Palestinians and Jewish communities in the region and in diaspora — alongside others for whom transgenerational trauma has awoken — feel this exhaustion acutely.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
"It's a different Africa now. It's an Africa that has awoken and risen up," Niamey resident Aissami Tchiroma said on Monday.
From Reuters ● Sep. 25, 2023
“There’s inequality and injustice, and what has awoken in Ecuadoreans is indignation.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
Terrible man!" he said, shuddering; "but oh, signore, he has awoken the God in you.
From The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca by Maurice Henry Hewlett
