Awaking
[ə'wek]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Awake
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Examples
- Concerning his return to the body, he only knew that awaking suddenly in the morning he found himself lying on the pyre. Plato. The Republic.
- I never close my eyes in sleep without awaking in the greatest fright and agony, having dreamed that you were taken away from me for ever. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- On awaking with daylight, a trickling of water caught my ear. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Awaking in the dead of night, I opened my eyes on her disk--silver-white and crystal clear. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- When at last she returned to the unconscious Marianne, she found her just awaking, refreshed by so long and sweet a sleep to the extent of her hopes. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
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