Awakened

Examples

• But liberty had been a useless gift to me had I not, as I awakened to reason, at the same time awakened to revenge. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The newspapers had previously published articles showing the unusual capacity and performance of the battery, and public interest had thus been greatly awakened. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Soon, from a score of the great windows, flames burst forth, and the stone faces awakened, stared out of fire. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• This might--let it be repeated--have awakened some little vague mistrust in a man more worldly-wise than the Golden Dustman. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The question instantly awakened one of my dormant remembrances in connection with the birthday festival. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Yes, indeed, Edmund, added her ladyship, who had been thoroughly awakened by Mrs. Norris's sharp reprimand to Fanny; I was out above an hour. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I felt a burning glow mount to my face; for bitter and agitating recollections were awakened by the allusion to marriage. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I am a light sleeper, and it has awakened me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• At the same time the British government awakened to the great possibilities of Fulton’s device. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• She was awakened, after some time, by the stopping of the coach. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I was awakened at daybreak by the charwoman, and having arrived at the inn, was at first placed inside the coach. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Yet it was busy, too, with all the remembrances the place naturally awakened; and they were particularly distinct and vivid. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Her whole appearance awakened his deepest interest. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The next morning I was awakened by Lord Berwick's odd voice calling to Worcester. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• My interest is already awakened in the case. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Associations thus awakened, opened floodgates of sorrow. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Happy are dreamers, he continued, so that they be not awakened! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Here again he awakened a tremendous echo. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• And yet they awakened something in me, bringing promise to my heart. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It addressed me as if our places were reversed, as if all the good deeds had been mine and all the feelings they had awakened his. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The poor weak words, which have failed to describe Miss Fairlie, have succeeded in betraying the sensations she awakened in me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The shot awakened all the people, and they rushed in to see who was killed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The impatience of my sister's disposition now returned on her, awakened by repentance, sharpened by remorse. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He then relapsed into his former state; nor did he rouse himself until his attention was again awakened by the voice of his partner. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Before it awakened it produced nightmares. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It is impossible to conceive the disgust which this avowal awakened in the bosoms of the hearers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• There was a pause then for about ten minutes, as if the person were waiting to see whether the noise had awakened me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Now, Jo's improbable story concerning the lady and the sovereign has awakened more or less the curiosity of all the company. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But my mind could not go by it and leave it, as my body did; and it usually awakened a long train of meditations. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The Scotch were then awakened and succeeded in defeating their assailants. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

Edited by Kitty