wake
verb (used without object)
to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed byup ).
waked
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past participleof wake.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof wake.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
wakeverb (used without object)to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed byup ).
Example Sentences
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Since the Australian show — now in its third season — reached American audiences on Disney+ in early 2020, parents have waked in the night with the melodica-driven theme song on hyperloop in their heads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
It also leaves the uncanny sense that the figure has waked from a long sleep and is keenly aware that you are observing its first flickering of consciousness.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2022
Toto Bergamo Rossi, director of the Venetian Heritage Foundation, who lives in a palace not far from the train station, said the hordes had rudely waked him that morning.
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2020
He says Henry was munching on weeds when he waked up to him.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2019
I tried to keep awake, and succeeded for a while; but when the clock struck twelve it waked me from a doze, so I must have been falling asleep.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
