- past participle of wake.
woken
Americanverb
verb
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Cash was in bed at quarter to six on a March morning when he was woken by car doors being shut, he says.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
The slow-burning rotation that has been taking place, and that has mostly gone unnoticed, has suddenly woken up.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2026
Kelly O'Shea says she has woken from more than one operation to be told adequate resources were not available to do the procedure she needed.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 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
Meanwhile, the girl hadn’t woken up, which wasn’t a good sign.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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