- past participle of wake.
woken
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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Several people have told the BBC they were woken by police in the early hours of Sunday and ordered to leave.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
He argues that if he was woken earlier on the morning of the Hamas-led assault, he would have handled the situation differently.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
But fellow resident Anastasiia Grygorovych -- woken up when her window "fell on me" -- had already fled her home-town of Gorlivka, now occupied by Russia.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Fed officials have now woken up to the inflationary part of the AI story.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
It’s like my body’s woken up to what it’s supposed to do.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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