Awoke

Examples

• The chateau awoke later, as became its quality, but awoke gradually and surely. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• When I awoke, the wind had risen, and the sign of the house (the Ship) was creaking and banging about, with noises that startled me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• His heart awoke from its apathy to a warm excitement, and, jumping to his feet, he said aloud, I knew she was sure to come. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It was as late as seven o'clock when he awoke refreshed, and went out into the streets again. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I have said, that the defects of her character awoke and acquired vigour from her unnatural position. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I was a light sleeper; in the dead of night I suddenly awoke. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• When the little child awoke, and when and how Charley got at it, took it out of bed, and began to walk about hushing it, I don't know. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I awoke with them, often, in the night; I remember to have even read them, in dreams, inscribed upon the walls of houses. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• When that was done, he awoke to a clear perception that Poll Parroting was solely chargeable with what had passed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• At the sound of my voice he awoke as if out of a dream; for he had been thinking, and very intently thinking, his own thoughts, after his own manner. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• THE stars still shone brightly when I awoke, and Taurus high in the southern heaven shewed that it was midnight. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• When I awoke suddenly it was to find a half-dozen powerful men upon me, a gag already in my mouth, and a moment later my arms and legs securely bound. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I AWOKE in the morning, just as the higher windows of the lofty houses received the first beams of the rising sun. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Pistoia awoke but a passing interest. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I awoke next morning with courage revived and spirits refreshed: physical debility no longer enervated my judgment; my mind felt prompt and clear. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I awoke instantly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I awoke, and my first thought was, Adrian and Clara are dead. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• As he stood thus, with his brother on the other side, he fell into a heavy doze, of not a minute's duration, and awoke with a start. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I awoke the others. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• She passed a bad night, she awoke worn out, but later in the day she revived amazingly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Mrs. Straker awoke at seven in the morning, to find that her husband had not yet returned. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The noise they made, in so doing, awoke him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The golden splendour arose, and weary nature awoke to suffer yet another day of heat and thirsty decay. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The fright and horror which I experienced awoke me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• When Kulonga awoke he found that his bow and arrows had disappeared. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• He awoke his man by singing a French song as he made his toilet. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I must have slept several hours, as it was dark when I awoke, and I was very cold. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• This idea settled me for that night, at least, and I fell asleep without dreaming of Meyler, and awoke almost without recollecting his existence. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The voice of Burke was, however, hardly silent when the human mind suddenly awoke, and its march in the realms of government and of natural science since then cannot be regarded as slow. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It was not upon my sleep; and when the next day's light awoke me, it was gone. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

Edited by Ethelred