Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unawakened
Adjective
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An autopsy showed that the infant died from asphyxiation secondary to a co-sleeping/overlay event with an unsafe sleeping environment.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Martian volcanoes appear to be dormant right now, but that former activity left behind the largest tunnel network in the solar system.—
Tom Brown,
Space.com,
25 May 2026
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For me, such encounters outside the habitual order often give rise to dormant stories.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
24 May 2026
Adjective
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That’s because when the body experiences physical stress, including losing weight quickly, more hairs can shift into a resting phase and fall out a few months later — typically two to three months after the event, Rossi explains.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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This is a condition where, due to stress or hormonal changes, the body puts the hair follicles into a resting phase.—
Essence,
Essence,
19 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Especially if the human is asleep or an infant.—
Caroline Rose Giuliani,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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The children, Athena Lee, 5, and Mateo Lee, 4, were asleep as the long, complex operation to capture their father Sunday evening reached its end in Baja.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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The shorthanded goal seemed to wake the slumbering Ducks, with Gauthier scoring on a power play 37 seconds later to halve the lead and become the first Duck with 40 goals in a season since Corey Perry in 2013-14.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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Transform a slumbering downtown into a bustling business sector.—
Connor Letourneau,
San Francisco Chronicle,
28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Allergy drugs can ease those symptoms and make people drowsy, potentially offering relief from insomnia.—
Kara Smythe,
EverydayHealth.com,
15 May 2026
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Fleets that deployed the company's AI dash cams, which detect drowsy or distracted driving, saw a 73% reduction in accidents after 30 months, according to company data from more than 2,600 customers.—
TIME Contributors,
Time,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The injury has not deterred him from providing a boost for an otherwise somnolent Diamondbacks offense.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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Rosenblatt now lives in a gray, semidetached Victorian house on a somnolent road just off the hurly-burly of a North London high street.—
John Lahr,
New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Unawakened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unawakened. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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