waken
verb (used with object)
to rouse from sleep; wake; awake; awaken.
wakens
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present tense formof waken (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Finally, there is an a cappella performance of the Irish song of rebellion “A Row in the Town,” and it is performed with an anger that wakens the senses as it freezes the blood.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2018
As in the novel, Joseph wakens one morning to the news that he has been accused of some unspecified crime, of which he can never prove himself innocent.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2015
But when Turi finally wakens Annalena Persson's Brünnhilde, she turns out to be squally in her upper register, which makes the final duet a bit anticlimactic after all that has gone before.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 18, 2013
“This move by the IOC will be the call that wakens a sleeping tiger,” he said.
From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2013
Charlie is asleep in the other room, but he wakens to the sound of his mother shrieking.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
