woke
verb
a simple past tense of wake.
wokeness
-
a word derived from
woke.
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
I couldn’t help but think of Ricky Gervais and his comments on wokeness and cancel culture.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2022
