Wakes

Examples

• I intend to tell him, as soon as he wakes, that he must return with me to London. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• His gills'll look rummer when he wakes; won't they? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• This is what Noah says when he wakes out of drunkenness and realizes that his youngest son, Ham, father of Canaan, has seen him naked. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• From clime to clime, from shore to shore, Shall thrill the magic thread; The new Prometheus steals once more The fire that wakes the dead. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• If you'll tell me wen he wakes, I'll be upon the wery best extra-super behaviour! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• There's something in her eyes wakes such a dreadful fear in my heart, that it drives me mad. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The sound of the trumpet wakes Judah no longer, and her despised children are now but the unresisting victims of hostile and military oppression. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• When she wakes up and feels a little rested, we will see, said Mrs. Bird. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• And you, being a good man, can pass it as such, and forgive and pity the dreamer, and be lenient and encouraging when he wakes? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But the wintry morning wants him not and wakes him not. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Keep the house quiet, let her sleep, and when she wakes, give her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Be good enough to pinch him, sir--in the leg, if you please; nothing else wakes him--thank you. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She generally lies in a kind of lethargy all the afternoon, and wakes up about six or seven. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• See, Dr. John, your mother wakes; you ought to ring for tea. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It wakes Mr. George of the shooting gallery and his familiar. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

Typist: Mason