awoke

verb

variants also awaked
Definition of awokenext
past tense of awake
1
as in woke
to cause to stop sleeping awoke the boys for breakfast

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2
as in awakened
to cease to be asleep at the sound of breaking glass she awoke with a start

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Recent Examples of awoke Determined to make the most of our last day, Karissa and I awoke early and split from our friends to take a 30-minute train ride to North Berwick. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026 Chicago awoke two days later to find almost 18,000 buildings destroyed, much of the city leveled, 90,000 people homeless and 300-some people dead. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026 In the study, people who ranked in the top 20% for sleep regularity went to sleep and awoke within a roughly one-hour window most days. — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026 By the time the game ended, Sasaki’s three-inning start seemed like a murky nightmare the Dodgers awoke from in a sweat. — Liana Handler follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026 Most of America awoke on Monday, June 17, 2002, unaware that Dos a Cero had even happened. — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 2 July 2026 The family was staying at a cottage in northern Ontario in 2024 when their 11-year-old son awoke in the middle of the night with a bat on his nose and mouth, according to a report published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. — Sophie Ziedalski, NBC news, 2 July 2026 After losing consciousness in the lightning strike, the man awoke and called the Oregon Golf Club pro shop on Pete's Mountain Road, which then called 911. — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026 Five years ago, Florida’s millions of condo dwellers awoke to a new reality. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for awoke
  1. woke
  2. awakened
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  • Birdie cried and slept and cried, then woke to an oily splotch on the pillowcase.
    — Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Something about that moment woke the offense up as Jeremy Payne rushed in for a touchdown a few plays later.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026
Definition of woke
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  • Loud thunderclaps awakened residents, lightning sparked small fires and power outages and rainfall slowed the morning commute.
    — Tevian Whitehurst, AZCentral.com, 28 July 2026
  • And apparently anyone did because later that night I was awakened by hostile yelling from the corridor just outside my room.
    — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
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