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adjective

as in awakened

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verb

past tense of rouse

as in woke

to cause to stop sleeping the honking horns roused her from a deep sleep

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as in awoke

to cease to be asleep I finally roused around noon, after going to bed very late

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Peter roused again but had grown more certain since his last utterance. — Anand Giridharadas, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026 After Zverev had established a two-sets-to-love lead, Shelton roused himself and the crowd by taking the third set. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026 Every third morning Soumia Bensalah was roused before the break of dawn. — Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2026 Around three in the morning, after the evening Kenzo had died, the woman had suddenly woken up, having been roused by the sound of water coming from the house next door. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 One by one, as if roused from a trance, my fellow staffers rose from their workstations and filed to the exit. — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026 As the fires spread, roughly 2,900 people — many roused from sleep — were told to evacuate or warned to prepare to flee. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026 The resort is also known for Northern Lights viewing and offers wake-up call services for guests who want to be roused from sleep when the aurora appears overhead — turning the soak into a round-the-clock experience. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2026 According to the report, both animals roused and regained consciousness about 30 minutes after the procedure began. — Adam Bednar, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2026

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There’s a flash of light, and a wind blows over the stunned, awakened audience.

— Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2026
Angine desperately returns to the store, again and again, to get her fix from Malaise, her face reddening from blood just below the surface, a canvas of her awakened desire.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025

Definition of awakened

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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

Definition of awoke

Adjective

These ripples are associated with spikes of activity in the prefrontal cortex, and scientists only observe them during periods of sleep or quiet, wakeful rest.

— Sean Mccabe, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
In a previous university blog post, Majumdar compared this finding to the brain flushing out byproducts that build up during active, wakeful moments, allowing for a more restful night’s sleep.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 9 Sep. 2026

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