Example Sentences

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“Had that other player not been wakened by him falling, he may not have made it,” Beck said.

From Washington Times • Aug. 16, 2022

Digital citizens and consumers must be wakened from their slumber, privacy advocates believe, and give thought to the security of their personal information, and how they are surrendering themselves to the power of their spies.

From Slate • Jan. 28, 2022

Uday Ibrahim Ali, a generator repairman, is routinely wakened for urgent fixes in Basra’s Zubair neighborhood.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2021

Once when flying to Oman, I was wakened in my window seat by the sheer brightness of the flares shooting up from the Persian Gulf oil rigs below.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2021

It was nearly noon on the following day when Shasta was wakened by something warm and soft moving over his face.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis