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
Every morning, before most of the surrounding world has waked up, P.J.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2019
He has waked up the sleeping giant that is the Philadelphia Orchestra.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2018
“And you’d open your eyes, and she’d be right in your face looking sideways and say, ‘Daddy, I waked up.’”
From Washington Times ● Jan. 22, 2018
It must have been half past three o'clock when I had gone to bed and the bands had waked me at six.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
