Woke

Examples

• It was early in April in the year '83 that I woke one morning to find Sherlock Holmes standing, fully dressed, by the side of my bed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• It woke a certain keen, half contemptuous pity, tenderness for him: she was so ruthless. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She slumbered towards the afternoon, and I put away the book of drawings so that she might not see it when she woke. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Catherick came into our garden one night, and woke us by throwing up a handful of gravel from the walk at our window. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• When he woke, Withington had left. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Morning was breaking over the cheerful house-tops of Chancery Lane as the rattling cab woke up the echoes there. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He then, after making more signs on the boy's head, blew on his forehead, and so woke him up with a start. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• A general shout was of course the signal of his having woke up; and his involuntary inquiry of 'What's the matter? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It was very hot and when I woke my legs itched. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• I woke Georgetti, the other boy who was drunk, and offered him some water. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• I can't say that I woke this morning; the fitter expression would be, that I recovered my senses. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Oh, you've woke up, at last, have you? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• But in the night he woke and held her tight as though she were all of life and it was being taken from him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The hitherto inert and passive mill woke; fire flashed from its empty window-frames; a volley of musketry pealed sharp through the Hollow. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• How she laughed and wept over it--how love, and hope, and prayer woke again in her bosom as the baby nestled there. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• How blithely she sang that evening, and how they all laughed at her because she woke Amy in the night by playing the piano on her face in her sleep. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• We woke one morning and it was snowing. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• He woke at first daylight and the girl was gone. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I woke for good long before it was light and heard roosters crowing and stayed on awake until it began to be light. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• And as he was tired and warm he lay down and fell asleep, and when he woke, he again saw the shadow, but in another place. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• For a week of nights and days I fell asleep--I dreamt, and I woke upon these two questions. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He slept until the sound of airplane motors woke him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• He woke, instantly and quietly, like a dog, the moment I approached him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He stared a minute, then his whole face woke up, and, waving his hat like a boy, he hurried forward to meet her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• No doubt about the weather today, they will certainly come, so we must fly round and be ready for them, said Amy, as the sun woke her next morning. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The day was just breaking when I woke to find the long, thin form of Holmes by my bedside. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• When I woke I looked around. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• I woke this morning. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He woke when he heard me in the room and sat up. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Did you see it, when you woke in the morning? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

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