Example Sentences

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Hurts had one last chance and his desperation pass fell way short and he waked off the field in dejection.

From Washington Times • Feb. 12, 2023

Since the Australian show — now in its third season — reached American audiences on Disney+ in early 2020, parents have waked in the night with the melodica-driven theme song on hyperloop in their heads.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2023

It also leaves the uncanny sense that the figure has waked from a long sleep and is keenly aware that you are observing its first flickering of consciousness.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2022

When he had more time to linger on the what-ifs, whether things would have been different had he just waked up earlier that Saturday and visited her.

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2022

I must of dozed off, but I waked with a start when he turned the doorknob by my head and went back in there.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns