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 Ukrainians awoke on Wednesday to find that their military had been restricted in its use of Starshield, the American satellite service undergirding swaths of the nation’s defensive infrastructure and weaponry. — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026 The Pope's surgery, which the doctors said was successful, lasted about 90 minutes, after which Leo awoke normally and, following a brief period of observation, returned to his room on the hospital's 10th floor. — Scott Detrow, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026 The city 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, 8 Oct. 2026 Claire awoke the next day to a story about Campanis' comments in the newspaper. — CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 Back in 2018, Tarantino reportedly awoke in the middle of the night to find two burglars inside his home. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 The boy awoke at a family cottage in northern Ontario in 2024 with a bat resting across his nose and mouth. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 Some of the incidents have turned violent The latest bear attack in Colorado occurred early Wednesday when a homeless man sleeping in Aspen's Rio Grande Park awoke to find a bear biting his head, according to CPW officials. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 According to the department, sisters Ava, 5, and Mia, 9, awoke and saw the fire coming from their neighbors’ home. — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for awoke
  1. woke
  2. awakened
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  • The flames were so large that traffic cameras detected the fire, and neighbors woke to the home being consumed.
    — Jason Rantala, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • This is what publishers get for selling out to woke novelists!
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of woke
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  • But this morning an air of foreboding awakened me, and my little fishing barometer was already descending past the 29 mark.
    — Gerald R. Hunter, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
  • As the 1986 return approached, people who remembered that earlier appearance likely told their children and grandchildren about being awakened before dawn and taken outside to see a huge, ghostly, gleaming object in the sky.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026
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“Awoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awoke. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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