awaken
verb (used with or without object)
to awake; waken.
was awakening
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past progressiveof awaken.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Wednesday, as America was awakening to the rude arrival of winter.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 19, 2019
I was awakening to a world divided by gender and Prince was my first genderfuck, shimmering: men can be this, women can be that.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2016
The 144th British Open, known in Europe as simply as "the Open," will get underway Thursday at about the time the United States was awakening to its workday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2015
National consciousness, he warned, was awakening all over Africa, as formerly dependent colonies demanded their rights.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2014
Whatever was awakening within him, it was waking in the metal, too.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
