Example Sentences
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Hurts had one last chance and his desperation pass fell way short and he waked off the field in dejection.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 12, 2023
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
She and her family were waked by alerts on their phone two hours earlier telling them to evacuate, which were followed by their property manager banging on the door.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2018
He has waked up the sleeping giant that is the Philadelphia Orchestra.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2018
“Prut! That I do not believe. It was asleep till the fairy prince came through the wood, and waked it up. Ah, well, ‘Die erste Liebe ist die beste’, but that I should not expect.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
