wakening
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Etymology
Origin of wakening
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at waken, -ing 1
Example Sentences
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Barbara, who works with Joanne, said it was "such a shock wakening up to this".
From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025
And then I realized it was just my brain and my ears wakening up again to “this is what a theater sounds like.”
From Slate • Jul. 16, 2021
“It’s certainly some from new ownership. And it’s certainly from a wakening up from the league governance side; that you can’t keep doing things the way they were doing it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2018
“As core as ritual is, it’s a wakening practice to live lives of courage. Social justice is potentially more important to shape Jewish identity,” Jacobs said.
From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2015
But I looked neither to rising sun, nor smiling sky, nor wakening nature.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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