Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: awakening
IPA transcription: [əw'eɪkənɪŋ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: awakening, wakening, waking_up
    Meaning: the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the waking up he hated most"
Usage examples
  • Your awakening--no one expected your awakening.
  • It was better than nothing perhaps, yet it was a poor awakening.
  • He found the soldier life awakening in him, along with his desire for a good education.
  • "Hello!" cried Tom, awakening the next morning to find the sun streaming into his tent.
  • For half an hour he sent it away into space, none of the others in their shacks below him, awakening.
  • He remembered something about a glittering tomb and Maya awakening from her long sleep and Grim Hagen.
  • On the contrary, Duke was so electrified by his horrid awakening that he completely lost his presence of mind.
  • What has happened?" asked the countess, as though awakening from a sleep to the realities of life; "did you say a misfortune?
  • I didn't wake up this time until nine o'clock the next day, the rest of the party having gone off without awakening me as a sort of joke.
  • I didn't wake up this time until nine o'clock the next day, the rest of the party having gone off without awakening me, as a sort of joke.