How to Use wake in a Sentence

wake

1 of 2 verb
Definition of wakenext
Synonyms for wakenext
  • She can never remember her dreams upon waking.
  • Much of the metro area should wake to a sunny day with light winds.
    — oregonlive, 12 July 2023
  • Some days, the tarp on the canopy tent would come untied, flap loudly in the wind and wake me.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • Builders can flip the bed to wake Mirabel up, spin the chimney to change the weather, and twist the shutters.
    — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Guests can sleep and wake to desert views in the property's adobe homes.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Some peptic ulcers can be painful enough to wake you in the middle of the night.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 29 Oct. 2023
  • While its base is sparkling wine, it’s also got some brandy to wake you up.
    — Frederick Tippett, Sunset Magazine, 9 Dec. 2022
  • In the series, a couple fall in love and risk everything to wake the world.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Why do people say the live action 'Snow White' is 'woke'?
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
  • One Sunday afternoon in March 1943, David woke in the Sauna with a start.
    — Keren Blankfeld, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Every day people in Ukraine are woken by the sounds of alarm.
    — Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Even the hum of the refrigerator is enough to wake her up at night.
    — Becca Rothfeld, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Made with Swiss and Parmesan cheese, this creamy egg dish is worth waking for.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Overton still sleeps with his door open and wakes at every sound.
    — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
  • But having the dog wake him up out of nightmare comes with some downsides.
    — Alice Park, Time, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Chani wakes Paul, and the two argue over whether to let Irulan bear his heir.
    — Max Evry, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Or, opt to open up the massive skylight to view the stars and let ambient light wake you in the morning.
    — Nathan Borchelt, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2023
  • If the watch industry was snoozing through the dog days of summer, Rolex just woke it up.
    — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2023
  • This means that come early spring, cats waking from the cold have lots of dead baitfish on the bottom to eat.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The neighbors are more bothered by Emilio’s rooster, whose crowing wakes them up at the crack of dawn.
    — Time, 28 July 2023
  • Her and her team would literally come there and wake us up.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
  • When Rama’s brother faints in the heat of battle, Hanuman is sent to find a plant that will wake him up.
    — Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Another common time to wake in the middle of the night is when your blood sugar drops.
    — Lisa Desantis, Glamour, 8 Feb. 2023
  • There are a couple of other minor changes in this release, like the crown now being able to wake the screen.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Or when the 46-year-old wakes Miranda in the wee hours of the morning while looking for rolling papers for their friends.
    — Justin Kirkland, ELLE, 13 July 2023
  • Daniela Tanase, 44, who lives with her son and husband at the end of the village, said the sirens had woken her family at 6 a.m.
    — Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Neighbors complained that the roar of his bike starting up was waking them up in the morning.
    — Lenny Rashid Ruvaga, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Hours later, Flatt’s father, Bob Lemons, woke her and Pam and told them their sister was gone.
    — Sarah Viren, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The pilot in command fell asleep and woke just under an hour later.
    — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
  • With the ring destroyed, and trauma sustained, the triumphant hobbit wakes in his bed.
    — Sara C. Hahn, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
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wake

2 of 2 noun
  • So far 115 deaths have been confirmed in the wake of the fires on Maui.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The secrecy of the compound was evident in the wake of Medeiros’ death.
    — Guthrie Scrimgeour, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The name change came as the U.S. reckoned with its history of racial injustice in the wake of the killing of George Floyd.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2023
  • In the wake of Wednesday’s rainstorm, skies are variably cloudy.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
  • In the wake of the nation’s 50th mass shooting so far this year, John Mellencamp says enough is enough.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2024
  • In the wake of the 2017 accusations against Spacey, he was fired from House of Cards, with his character killed off in the show.
    — Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner, 24 Dec. 2023
  • In the wake of Iron Man's success, Favreau has continued to switch between roles in front of and behind the camera.
    — Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Luke struggles to juggle work and fatherhood, in the wake of both his breakup with his girlfriend and the death of his mother.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Newsom's comments come in the wake of this week's ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court to remove Trump from the state's 2024 ballot.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2023
  • And our production company formed in the wake of Always Be My Maybe.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Homages to the president, these works also became, in the wake of his killing, memorials.
    — Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
  • In a major reversal, Golden, a Democrat, called on Congress to ban assault weapons in the wake of the shooting.
    — Brian Dakss, Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Her comments came in the wake of a mass shooting of nine people in Cleveland, one of nearly 30 mass shootings in the U.S. already in July.
    — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 10 July 2023
  • Only this time, it’s fueled by the anger left in the wake of a man with a masters degree in male manipulation.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2023
  • At least two GoFundMe fundraiser campaigns have been launched in the wake of the deadly fire, both of which have raised nearly $5,000 as of Tuesday morning.
    — Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Meraz pointed out that 18 months ago, in the wake of the audio leak scandal, many political groups called for De León to step down.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The pro-life movement and its allies are doing a lot of indispensable policy work now in the wake of Dobbs.
    — Benjamin Watson, National Review, 12 May 2024
  • In the wake of wildfires that ripped through Maui last week, many are seeking answers about what caused the deadliest wildfire in the U.S. in over a century.
    — Simmone Shah, Time, 15 Aug. 2023
  • However, they were postponed in the wake of the allegations.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The song has become a rallying point for conservatives, shooting to the top of iTunes' chart in the wake of the controversy.
    — Carl Weiser, The Enquirer, 22 July 2023
  • In the wake of the Houthi attacks, many of the massive ships that carry some 12 percent of all world trade through the Suez Canal have changed course, set to travel the long way around southern Africa instead.
    — Evan Halper, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2023
  • At least eight lawsuits including 28 plaintiffs have been filed in the wake of the hotel explosion.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Written in the wake of personal deaths and the birth of her second child, Vida is Tijoux’s her most broad-spanning work in terms of sound and feeling.
    — E.r. Pulgar, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Templeton captures the reeling gaze of skaters in the wake of traumatic injuries.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Morgan Stanley has named new division heads in the wake of its new CEO announcement.
    — Annamaria Andriotis, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Calls for Israel’s backers to halt arms transfers have increased in the wake of the deadly attack on World Central Kitchen’s aid workers.
    — Missy Khamvongsa, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The Pentagon has rushed Israeli forces weapons and other military supplies in the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack.
    — Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The guilty plea comes almost two years after Dominguez drove through the Los Angeles rally, which took place in the wake of shootings at three Atlanta-area spas, the press release said.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Here, see all of the best celebrity vacations so far this holiday season—and in the wake of New Year’s Eve, expect plenty more posts over the coming days.
    — Vogue, 1 Jan. 2024
  • In the wake of that news, a source spoke to Entertainment Tonight about how Olsen’s pregnancy wasn’t just a public secret, but one a lot of her friends didn’t know about either.
    — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 15 Aug. 2023

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