waken
verb (used with object)
to rouse from sleep; wake; awake; awaken.
were wakening
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past progressiveof waken.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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Two months had gone by, and in the budding woods the spring birds were wakening the earth out of her winter sleep, when I stood once more, footsore and friendless, in the streets of London.
From Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess by Talbot Baines Reed
Beth felt as though she were wakening from a horrible nightmare.
From A Little Florida Lady by Dorothy C. (Dorothy Charlotte) Paine
The pleasing dream of years was past: they were wakening to a glorious reality.
From A Life of St. John for the Young by George Ludington Weed
