waken
verb (used with object)
to rouse from sleep; wake; awake; awaken.
has wakened
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present perfectof waken (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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"I am glad, maybe at the last minute, the PM has wakened up to the serious threat that this poses to the union," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2020
"This has wakened them from their notion of infallibility," says a Bush adviser.
From Time Magazine Archive
"It is not the song that is beautiful, Mrs. Milbanke," he said, "but the thoughts it has wakened in you."
From The Gambler A Novel by Katherine Cecil Thurston
So the sleeping town has wakened to life again, and the dead have returned from the kingdom of shadows.
From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Sven Anders Hedin
Ere another morn has wakened Shall their joys be turned to mourning.
From A Leaf from the Old Forest by John D. Cossar
