Example Sentences

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Ms. Truschke’s book is quirky and flirts with wokeness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

It’s hard for us to discuss terms like wokeness because there seems to be such a wide disparity in what people mean when they say it.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2023

One problem with assessing the rise and fall of wokeness is that the term is vacuous to the point of being meaningless.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2023

It's just so heartwarming and informing this moment where we talk about wokeness and we talk about these terms . . . without even really understanding what they mean.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2022

Yes, characters still revel in giddy fashionista indulgence, but there’s also a new, sometimes excruciatingly awkward, wokeness.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2021