awaken
verb (used with or without object)
to awake; waken.
is awakening
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present progressiveof awaken (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Again, I could be convincing myself of this, but I think the giant is awakening.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2018
“What presidents have been remembered for is awakening people to be part of democracy and part of repairing and fixing the country,” said Mr. Bridgeland, who now serves as vice chairman of Service Year Alliance.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2017
“He is awakening a lot of bad feelings and bad values which are completely contrary to the values I admire among the American society,” Calderón said.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2016
Because Pamela, the servant girl who can write—is in fact derided by her ‘master’ for her writing—is of the new class, as it is awakening to a new consciousness and a new power.”
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2015
Gradually society is awakening to the fact that the condition of the criminal ought to be ameliorated, and that there can be no real amelioration which does not make definite efforts for the prisoner's reform.
From A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science by James Leslie Allan Kayll
