| 单词 | awaken |
| 例句 | He struggled to wear out his visions in the marriage bed, he struggled to awaken Deborah, for whom daily his hatred grew. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z An old anger had awakened in his heart. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The desire that had awakened within her was like a fog descending on a mountain valley, filling every hollow, slipping between tree limbs, tickling every leaf with its seductive breath. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She watched them with wide eyes, frightened they’d awaken, but then they all settled back into sleep. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z They were awakened several hours later when Señor Esposito and his dog climbed into the front seat. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Cole blinked and took a breath, as if he were awakening. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Two nights ago, and again last night, she had awakened and thought she heard their voices downstairs. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Some dream must have awakened him, but he could not remember it. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z A bird, annoyed at being awakened early, began chattering in the tree above him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Along in the silent hours of night, I was awakened. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I awakened the next morning to see the sun shining into my room; I felt more at ease. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “A quick service, that is well and good. A long and formal one would not have gone well for me, had I awakened too soon,” I said with a smile. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z We all tiptoed by the room where Hari had slept as if any noise would awaken him. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I was on the tarpaulin, wrapped in a blanket, sleeping and dreaming and awakening and daydreaming and generally passing the time. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z And as the shadow came to the beach, as the first quail began to call, Mack and the boys awakened. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It often seems to me as though it were the vibrating, shuddering air that with a noiseless leap springs upon us; or as though the front itself emitted an electric current which awakened unknown nerve-centres. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time his fears at awakening were so identical that he did not doubt but what these dreams were the same. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He hadn’t entirely awakened Dicey from her reverie. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z From another part of the apartment came a child's voice singing Humpty Dumpty, awakening humiliating memories of my first Easter program during which I had stood before the church audience and forgotten the words . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was broad daylight when he awakened again. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The neighbor downstairs had been awakened by the clatter of their shoes on the floor. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The stonecutter waited for Amah to awaken before he started work. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I would soon have a rude and painful awakening. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Franny awakened with a start—a jolt, really, as though the couch had just gone over a bad bump. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I wanted to shape people’s feelings, awaken their hearts. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Those who smoked would awaken to find a carton of cigarettes and an assortment of disposable lighters, while the others would receive an equivalent, each according to his or her vice. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Finally, we slept so deeply, that we were shocked when we awakened to find the landscape outside the windows in complete darkness. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Mother was awakening to the sorry facts: My biscuits were like stones, my samplers askew, my seams like rickrack. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z But after several hours, I go anyway, walking in silent sock feet, so as not to awaken the ghosts. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Everyone was asleep, but his cries quickly awakened us. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The drone and clop of Mr. Cooper’s horse-drawn dray in the street outside used to awaken us in the dawn. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Garnett had the eyes of a man who has just awakened. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Angry growls and the rending of grass from beneath the net on the ground heralded Constance’s awakening. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z If he was truly the man behind this, then perhaps the sight of him would awaken the dybbuk inside of me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The sight of dead men awakened them all. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But all at once, when still a child, Onofre had awakened able to read. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They spent that summer oscillating between childhood, which still held them in its clasp, and their awakening as man and woman. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But at this direful moment she who had awakened no compassion in mortals or immortals was pitied by the tiniest creatures of the field, the little ants, the swift-runners. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered in this order: was I hurt, was anyone else hurt, would I go to jail, what were the Mexicans saying, and finally, had Dad awakened? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “What a dazzling display this has been, children! Your enthusiasm for learning is what every teacher dreams of awakening in her pupils. I must say I am pleased.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The coffee burned into him, a dark transfusion that awakened him to his own desire to leave this house and set his eyes on long curves and highway signs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon Mamita will awaken, standing up and stretching in her white blouse that hangs midway down her thighs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He, too, breathed again, struggling now with his own breath to control it, to keep it from sounding so loud in his throat that it would awaken her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He was awakened by sounds he was sure were coming from the attic. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z But “dead,” mingling with the churning and bubbling noises in this room, strikes a blow like a hammer to my chest, and the monster of grief awakens, clawing at my eyes and throat. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I hear the jangle of keys, the flick in the ignition, the awakening gasp of the engine. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I grabbed her leash however, as I wanted to think before awakening him. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood up carefully so as not to awaken the children, and walked quietly through the short tunnel to the living room. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus had been awakened by the girls’ voices. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at him carefully now with some of the red spots fading and with the feeling that I was just awakening from a dream. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They were awakened by gunshots fired into the distant sky by the Khmer Rouge, but I was so tired I slept through it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently he had sat there a long time waiting for him to awaken, although he did not know him. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z When I awakened the next morning and recalled Bess’s naive hopes, I was glad that I had the can of pork and beans. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Frightful shook rain from her feathers without awakening. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Of course...those other times, she’d always awakened at the moment of death. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But the worst news was that the youngest of the hunters—a boy of twelve—had not awakened from his injuries. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But the two other Gorgons had awakened and, horrified at the sight of their sister slain, tried to pursue the slayer. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet those memories can be awakened and brought forth fresh and new, just by something you’ve seen, or something you’ve heard, or the sight of an old familiar face. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She cried aloud, “Wait for me. I will go with you,” and her cry awakened her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He had died and a new Siddhartha had awakened from his sleep. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The canines on these hummers were as big as the canines on any guard dog you’ll ever see, and that was a rude awakening. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Two fliers are down, and we cannot awaken Perdita because the Overlander must escape! Strike him? I say we throw him into the Dead Land and let him take his chances!” shouted Luxa. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z C. P. Ellis experienced a similar moment of awakening, when he first realized that he was white. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It is not everyday, after all, that one finds oneself, upon awakening, hanging from the jaws of a fellow creature—even so caring and gentle a creature as myself. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z I’m awakened by a guy in light blue scrubs taking my blood. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z His face held an expression of one awakening from hypnosis, from a dream. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Charles awakened on the stroke of four-thirty as surely as though the brass pendulum of the clock had nudged him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The Nazis called the celebrations the “awakening of Germany.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Billy dozed, awakened in the prison hospital again. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He says that a crucial aspect of breaking the bonds of addiction and finding inner peace owes to “a commitment to a higher power and spiritual awakening.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I stayed by him the rest of the long afternoon while he slept When he awakened, it was early evening and had turned cool again. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A man, obviously awakened from sleep, came down the hall in his undershirt, buttoning on trousers. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet somehow, despite virtually living on the Net, the discovery that he physically could live in almost any city in the country had come as a shock, an awakening akin to joining the Geek Club. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Eurhythmics awakens the physical, aural, and visual images of music in the mind. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z She was awakened in the morning by the shrill voices of children—Shae’s nieces and nephew—who ran into the room and pounced on Shae’s sleeping form, startling a yelp out of her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I slept an hour but awakened long before daylight. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I woke up with a start, not sure what it was that had awakened me. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I would have slept longer, but I was awakened by an unfamiliar smell. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “So,” my mother awakened me from my reverie. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment anger at being awakened fought with approval in Jody’s father. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z It was wonderful to see, wonderful to be in the middle of: we mud frogs awakening all around. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The present alone was significant, was hers, to torture her as it was doing then with the biting which her impassioned, newly awakened being demanded. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Late on the night of May 28, we were awakened by shouts and fierce knocking on our cell doors. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Billy has gone to sleep a senile widower and awakened on his wedding day. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Spines and fins were severed in the morning before the awakening of the town; claws and pincers worked in mute terror at the soundless approach of serrated teeth. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I was abruptly awakened by the loud ringing of a churchbell, signalling the start of the school day. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z After awakening, he watched Ruben complete the assay—from a distance, for he was radioactive. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The sun was up when I awakened and the world was remade and shining. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But with false gray dawn he had awakened, instantly, and began to dig in the pack—to find amazing, wonderful things. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, 2,500 years ago, there was a glorious awakening in Ionia: on Samos and the other nearby Greek colonies that grew up among the islands and inlets of the busy eastern Aegean Sea.' Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I was on the point of getting up to rebuild my fire, when I heard what had awakened me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And he dozed again until the night chill awakened him. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Then suddenly this also was clear to him: he, who was in fact like one who had awakened or was newly born, must begin his life completely afresh. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Andrew says, “The world is in for a big awakening once you really get your work out there.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The next morning, Parker was awakened by the phone ringing on his nightstand. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I ate my supper and reminded myself to awaken and open the door off and on during the night. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z When he heard Govinda’s words, Siddhartha awakened as if from a sleep. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z I was awakened from my reverie by Stan saying the following to Owen: “ . . . and I think Mark will need rackets, tennis shoes, shirts and shorts.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We were awakened and scrambled to the ladders. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Many people who haven’t been formally educated awaken later in life with a desire to progress and deepen their view of the world, to go back to school or self-educate themselves. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z One morning he’d awakened, and the ceiling he opened his eyes to was different: smooth and white and peaceful, instead of swirled and shadowed and cobwebbed. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z However, it wasn’t the sun that had awakened me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Siddhartha looked up and around him, a smile crept over his face, and a strong feeling of awakening from a long dream spread right through his being. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Dicey had slept and awakened in so many unknown places that she never had that first, morning feeling of being lost, or not knowing where she was. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The expense of fending off Harvard awakened the University of California regents to the presence of a prodigy on their payroll. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z This morning she had awakened in her familiar surroundings, the place where she had lived for so many months, but by midday her entire life had shifted. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He was holding the covers off her by sitting up this way and he did not want her to get cold and awaken. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z At first he felt an outburst of joy, thinking that Amaranta Úrsula had awakened from death to take care of the child. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Many years later, long after Ultima was gone and I had grown to be a man, I would awaken sometimes at night and think I caught a scent of her fragrance in the cool-night breeze. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “My daughter, you are my brave daughter, my beautiful daughter,” he said to me over and over, as if saying it could awaken me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Seconds later, or so it seemed to Harry, he was awakened by what sounded like cannon fire as the door burst open. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z August stares at her, baffled, as though he’s simply awakened and found himself here. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Rufe, I have to get out of here before your father wakes up. Will you show me the way downstairs so that I don’t awaken anyone?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Even so, sometimes she went sound asleep, to be awakened by the wailing of the baby. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes she forgot to turn the set off and would awaken at 2 a.m. to hear “The Star- Spangled Banner” playing before the station signed off. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Jam whirled through the door just in time to see both Aloe and Bitter sit up, sleep slithering away from them, leaving that unpleasant disorientation of an unexpected awakening. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z A few weeks later, I am awakened by a loud scream in the middle of the night. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When she awakened, she had no idea how long she had slept. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Six miles away Mrs. Dudley awakened, looked at her clock, thought of Hill House, and shut her eyes quickly. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z He screamed it and he could not be sure if die scream awakened him or the pain in his stomach. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I fall asleep in the midst of these vain prayers, and when I awaken, my knees ache from the cold stone floor and my hands are numb. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I slept on a straw mattress upon the floor, and I was often awakened by his pained tumblings. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z In the dawn he awakened, looked out through the windshield and saw that the water was already retreating down the bouldery flat. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I go to sleep by a campfire that looked like it was built by a boy scout, and I awaken in the middle of the eighteenth century.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z If I dozed for a minute, I was awakened by Miss Havisham’s cries, and by her running at me with all that height of fire above her head. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He awakened after what seemed a long time. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I awakened him and he was quite agreeable when I got his attention. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not refuse it, for my appetite was awakened and keen. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes I would awaken sobbing, saying that someone had been shot and that blood was everywhere. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Because he blinkered out what he could not immediately comprehend, his travels to Tokyo, New York, and California did little to awaken a sense of wonder and excitement. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Their faces told me that they thought my imminent departure a dream from which they would surely awaken, and find I was going nowhere. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I never remember my dreams, although I sometimes awaken with my fists clenched and my heart hammering. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z When Frank blacked out, and awakened to discover that he had killed his mother’s attackers, he had also removed the evil from the murder. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Rowan found himself dozing, but was quickly awakened when Citra slammed a book. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Charles, always the early riser, got breakfast ready before he awakened Adam. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It awakened me, for the screech of the iced limbs rubbing each other and the snapping of the ice were like the sounds from a madhouse. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I awakened with renewed hope that I grimly tried to suppress. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z A few hours later voices in the living room awakened Gay. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Each morning I seemed to awaken with new experiences and dreams strangely mixed into me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s no point in awakening them for this. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z There was an awakening even in her nails, in those parts of her body that had always been numb. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And then it came, suddenly, explosively, as if everyone had awakened at once. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The breeze welcomes them, skidding over the surface of my skin, raising hair after hair, tingling, awakening every exposed inch of me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The parson’s house was still before them, and Conor saw the yew tree next to it awaken into the monster and set ferociously on the parsonage. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z I was awakened by the waves dragging at my feet. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought that they’d been crouching by the side of his cot as he slept and then had skulked away on his awakening. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Later on, I’m awakened by the sound of sirens. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Actually, “slept” was a wild overstatement, and when the first low sun rays stabbed his eyelids, he’d awakened cold and wet from whatever dozing he’d managed. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I awakened him and gave him some water. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, I was awakened by a scream. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z “Legend says that lighting the Lamp of Bharata awakens the Sleeper, a demon who will summon Lord Shiva, the fearsome Lord of Destruction, who will dance upon the world and bring an end to Time.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Thus my consciousness was awakened to the pervasiveness of “petty apartheid,” and everywhere I went in the white world, I was met by visible and invisible guards of racial segregation. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He dozed, slept for a time, awakened again just at dawn-gray light, and added wood to the still-smoking fire before standing outside and stretching. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Quicker than if I’d awakened her little feet padded across her creaking floor. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a gray pigeon, who had been asleep there and who had awakened at the sound of cats and begun to listen. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Her head disappears, and I take deep breaths, fending off the sharp stab of pain that comes with every awakening. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I thought how awful it would have been to awaken on the raft and not know what they looked like. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they went into José Arcadio Buendía's room, shook him as hard as they could, shouted in his ear, put a mirror in front of his nostrils, but they could not awaken him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z And when Juana awakened, when the sun was high, Kino told her things she knew already. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z I have indeed awakened and have only been born today. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Those are past tenses of related verbs, waken and awaken. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "Indeed it is, my lady, indeed it is. I have sent word to your sister. She left orders to be awakened the instant you arrived." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then gradually time awakened again and moved sluggishly on. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z She seemed determined to awaken more boldness in me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He had awakened just as the train was about to crush him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Added to that, I was being awakened by frightening dreams that involved shouts in the dark, men with bloody hands, and women screaming. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Her instincts were satisfied as soon as they were awakened, and she had never imagined that passion could take other forms. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee awakened him and read the Salinas Journal to him while he ate and then helped him to the toilet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She told him her husband had awakened with a bad cold and would not be able to attend the meeting. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He would awaken and say, “Lee? Is that you, Cal? You know I never had any trouble with my eyes. I’ll just go tomorrow and get my eyes tested.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe they were asleep and would awaken with the sunrise, a sunrise that seemed to elude us as we walked along. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z On the occasions that he did look up from the page, he would seem as though he were awakening from a dream. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He had just awakened from a nap and had smoked his night cigar. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z When I returned Elnora’s key, she stirred but did not awaken. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Even to have awakened Katharine, if he could have achieved it, would have been like a seduction, although she was his wife. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I leapt out of bed at 5:16 a.m., awakened by Chopin's Sonata no. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z One morning I awakened to learn that Uncle Hoskins had not come home from the saloon. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z As Europe slowly awakened from the Dark Ages, the void and the infinite—nothing and everything—would destroy the Aristotelian foundation of the church and open the way to the scientific revolution. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Now, tell the Door of Many that you need to go to your sibling who has awakened.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A few nights later the entire van Daan family was awakened by ghostly noises. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It was a wild, impossible notion, to be abandoned as soon as thought of; but the room had awakened in him a sort of nostalgia, a sort of ancestral memory. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Himmelstoss hears the order, looks round him as if awakened, and follows on. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt the invisible fingers at the back of my mind awaken. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They had to have awakened everyone as they downshifted loudly, and even at a distance their roaring engines rattled our windows. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The foreman claimed he’d been awakened by a noise like someone climbing the fence. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “This has been happening every night since the riots began,” Mr. Ngwenya said bitterly, as he awakened the rest of his children, ranging in age from three to ten. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We awaken, & there is a Rumor of Redcoats marching, & men scurry to their Arms & Companies — to find, instead, the Blank-Eyed Sentries on the Walls of Boston Neck, & no Sign of Marching anywhere. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There was no morning nor light of any kind to awaken me and I slept on and on until finally I was aroused by hunger. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I dream that I am falling into deep water, and I cannot swim but awaken gasping for air. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z If Dr. Leale didn’t know better, he would swear that Lincoln simply dozed off and will awaken any minute. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Sooner or later he would have to sleep or eat-and then he would awaken with hands clawing at him; and the hunt would become a running down. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He had awakened on this morning with a hungering need to bark out orders and have them carried out with speed and efficiency. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He was left, upon awakening, with the feeling that he wanted, even somehow needed, to reach the something that waited in the distance. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z The watcher turned his head to listen and then he stood up, and one of the sleepers stirred on the ground and awakened and asked quietly, “What is it?” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Eleanor awakened to find the blue room gray and colorless in the morning rain. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z We awakened late and hurried to pack for our trip to El Puerto. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I came to a close, awakened abruptly to the shame of my display. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z On the second supposition I put out my hand and awakened him, but the dream must have been strong. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z If Poland was in distress, the knights would awaken and come to the rescue. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z There had been a time when I’d loathed such rude awakenings. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Thus the mercantile tradition contributed to the great Ionian awakening around 600 B.C., and, through slavery, may have been the cause of its decline some two centuries later. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z By touching me Charles had awakened it, and it throbbed with life. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I didn’t awaken until late the next morning after long hours of deep, unbroken sleep. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Were off to Greece to stop them from awakening Gaea.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Whatever was awakening within him, it was waking in the metal, too. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Oh, absolutely. Unfortunately Cudgeon will be unconscious for several hours. By the time he awakens, all the excitement will be over.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Her husband stares back at her, blinking rapidly as if he’d just awakened. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z If she was talking herself when she suddenly went to sleep, she would finish whatever she was going to say when she awakened. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the awakening of my Inner Stickler. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z He hadn’t even realized he had drifted off until he was awakened by the sound of tree limbs scraping the sides of the car. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z ‘The Earth Mother has promised us great rewards. If we spill your blood under the Parthenon, that will be sufficient to complete her awakening.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It wasn’t unusual for us to be awakened several times each night by the sounds of gunfire. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In the dawn Dessie was awakened by the chill of pain that came to her at intervals. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Once inside the dining room door, Bunnicula awakened in great bewilderment. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes only to be awakened. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z That night I was awakened by a voice, the wife’s. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The next thing she remembered being awakened by Branwell’s screaming for her. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “This will help awaken your gifts and wed you to the trees.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Before dawn Mrs. Ortiz awakened me from a deep sleep, hugged me against her pillow-soft chest that had a lavender scent, and whispered, “Don’t forget us!” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He could sleep for only a moment now and then, with a sharp awakening. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The painting brightened and then seemed to awaken, each mermaid and monster flexing and turning ever so slightly, as if rising from an epic nap. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z In his half-dreams he saw his friend very vividly, and when he awakened a great aching loneliness would be in him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z "Come to the parade. Watch Germany awaken. Germany needs soldiers like you, to fight for the Fatherland." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The third day after the boy had awakened to the smell of ham bone and pork sausage, it was still cold and the wind still blew. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Many mornings he had awakened and watched his father and mother. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It was a cool dark summer night in the first days of blueberry picking time, and Omakayas had just fallen asleep when something made her awaken, a dream or a sound. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I was awakened when he bolted into a sitting position beside me and began to moan. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z If you come upon a sleeping three-toed sloth in the wild, two or three nudges should suffice to awaken it; it will then look sleepily in every direction but yours. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She was awakened every dawn for prayer by the distant cry of azan, after which she crawled back into bed. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z But my father had awakened and grabbed my aggressor, loo weak to overwhelm him, he thought of calling Meir Katz: “Come, come quickly! Someone is strangling my son!” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z AT 1:30 IN THE MORNING, on March 30, I was awakened by sharp, unfriendly knocks at my door, the unmistakable signature of the police. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The city seemed to be awakening after a long, inescapable nightmare. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He borrowed brief snippets of sleep in the cabana, always awakened by music, or raucous laughter, or fireworks. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Then my body jolted and my eyes flew open, as if I’d been suddenly awakened from a nightmare. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z People, sleeping, heard his flapping shoe go by and they awakened for a moment. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I rose and packed my things as quietly as possible so as not to awaken my parents. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She wove them through his hair and awakened more sensation, a fire of pleasure that radiated down his shoulders and up his scalp, nudging at that tantalizing door with all its luminous secrets. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z What the phrase tries to express is the new birth of the world with the awakening of Greece. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I fell asleep, and slept very soundly for a couple of hours until I was awakened by a knock at the door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Instead, she felt as if the sky were in a fitful slumber and about to awaken in a rage. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z She had worried that the sight of them might make her mourn what she couldn’t have with Taisin, but instead, it awakened something warm and alive inside herself. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Again I have been awakened to the fact that my body appeals to some people more than my mind. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She'd been living in the cabin about three months when she was awakened one morning by someone kicking open the cabin door. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z By the animal instinct that is awakened in us we are led and protected. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It was beautiful and pleasant to go through the world like that, so childlike, so awakened, so concerned with the immediate, without any distrust. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z He slept hard and wasn’t sure what awakened him but his eyes came open and he stared into die darkness. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z She shook Neeley gently to awaken him and told him the same thing. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a forgetting and an awakening at the same time, transitory but deep. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I had awakened to Daddy’s snoring, just as light was coming into the sky and the stars were winking out. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I knew immediately that the awakening had to do with the baby. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I was awakened by a bite on the ear. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z All this had awakened Frightful, who was flopping in the dark in the tree. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z With Hector gone, the Greeks were able to drive the Trojans far back from the ships and Troy might have been sacked that very day if Zeus had not awakened. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been on his mind since he had awakened. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He saw the others stirring and awakening, and was afraid of them when they moved, so he killed one after another with a blow of his fist. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z As a consequence, it was well after seven when he awakened on Saturday, November 14, 1959. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the living remained, and they were beginning to make their way home—leaving the town square sleepily, stiffly, like people who had awakened from a deep sleep, walking without truly waking. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z In his hand, the stone took on a dull light as if it were awakening at his touch. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z ‘I will be watching your progress. Polybotes was not boasting when he warned that your blood would awaken the Earth Mother. The giants are very confident of this.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But Alba had already been awakened by the sound of brakes, the loud footsteps, and the hushed orders, and had begun to dress herself, because she had no doubt that her time had come. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And across the city, atop a monolithic wedge of seamless, mirror-smooth metal, a statue stirred, as though awakened by the tumult, and slowly lifted its great horned head. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z By the time they’d awakened, it was late afternoon, but neither of them made any attempt to move. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z And they keep working until some external force causes you to awaken to a problem—a parent, a coworker, a spouse, or something tragic, like a fatal wreck. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z His second new night, stomach full of fish and the fire smoldering in die shelter, he had been sound asleep when something—he thought later it might be smell— had awakened him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The mysterious electricity must have come on in the night and awakened the merry-go-round. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z In only eleven days, the giants planned to awaken Gaia. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Jethro was awakened by the general confusion when Shadrach at last drove the team up in front of the yard gate. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Bright sunlight streamed through the window and into my eyes, awakening me. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The fair awakened America to beauty and as such was a necessary passage that laid the foundation for men like Frank Lloyd Wright and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I resumed groping for a way from under the table, to find out where my mother had suddenly gone, and why she had awakened me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Tidbit fussed when she awakened him, but he soon rubbed his little eyes bravely and marched with them into the darkness without much complaint. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He was asleep with his family when at about a quarter of three the following Sunday morning, a terrifying blast awakened them. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The first arcana awakens inside me at the sight of it. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He felt like he’d lived an entire lifetime since awakening from his memory wipe, but he’d only been there a week. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z About eight months after Wes’s birth, Mary was awakened by a loud banging on the front door of the home she shared with her sister on Pennsylvania Avenue. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The homes on either side of his were quite close—anyone awakened by the horses’ noise could see her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z At that moment, when the sound of Om reached Siddhartha’s ears, his slumbering soul suddenly awakened and he recognized the folly of his action. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd wasn’t large, but the police chief recognized an awakening “situation” when he saw one. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He was as though suddenly and joyfully awakened from a dark annihilating stupor. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I drifted in and out of sleep, swaying on my aching feet, but was awakened by the sound of an explosion. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The truck continued thus for three more days and nights—four in all since my awakening. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I could feel my mind starting to awaken. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The warm, safe scent of her belly entered my nostrils and completely invaded me, awakening in my blood a fire I had thought long since extinguished. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t want to awaken him, because that would require yelling on the train. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Then, awakening completely, she shook her head and sighed. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps previously, I had awakened only at night; or perhaps in my distraction, my sight as well as my other faculties had been rendered inoperative. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z An old dog of once great ferocity awakens. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I awaken with a start and imagine I hear the goat still picking at the cliffwall, climbing to the mere. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Euclid produced a textbook on geometry from which humans learned for twenty-three centuries, a work that was to help awaken the scientific interest of Kepler, Newton and Einstein. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Thirty minutes later her eyes snap open as she’s awakened by the sound of screams ricocheting between cars, originating from God knows where—and then someone sprints past her window. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z That might attract the attention of pedestrians or awaken the occupants of the house to defend themselves. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Upon awakening she played with a feather, then a stick. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z No matter how kind the Matsikas were to him, they would awaken one morning and find him missing from the heap of grass clippings he preferred as a bed. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I awakened to see the kerosene lamp and beyond it my host’s troubled face. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In the last doze period before daylight, before he awakened finally with the morning light and the clouds of new mosquitos, he dreamed. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I was being crushed by two unrelenting forces: the uneasy suspicion that I might not be a normal female and my newly awakening sexual appetite. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They climbed not over but through the sun-red grass, among the awakened insect movement and the light ablaze. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When it was over, Eye sighed and Ear shook himself as though he had awakened from a lovely dream. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Coraline made a noise, a sound of revulsion and horror, and, as if it had heard her and awakened, the thing began to sit up. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z It must have been a snapper that came up in the night when he heard the noise that awakened him; she must have come then and laid the eggs. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “He means to chop our legs from beneath us....But if he has truly awakened, then why are the agents of the heavens...them?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z As he approached, slowly making his way through the noisy dried banana leaves, the sight of his face awakened my memory. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z If you’re like me, and you think both have woken and have waked sound weird, try have wakened or have awakened. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z South of the Kell, the Wood was awakening from its long slumber. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I overslept, I discovered, because I was in a block of ice, and none of the morning sounds of the forest penetrated my glass house to awaken me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I close my eyes and drift off, only to be awakened by her standing over me with a dish of Jell-O. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z When I awaken from dream or memory, my legs are tingling. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Liza awakened him and looked at his hand before she even glanced at the babies. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “But God would not let this happen,” the Reverend growled, like a dog awakened by a prowler. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z New York always awakened a sense of awe in me, big and busy enough to dwarf anyone's ego. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I went back to sleep, and this time when I awakened, I heard a meow. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The mortal conflict would rage for decades until all civilization was swept away, and the earth goddess awakened fully. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She’d dozed and awakened in time to see the barbed wire and the rows of dark barracks blurred by blowing dust. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It is far better for her to make her own adjustment before the operation than to awaken from the anesthetic and find it a fait accompli. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It was as if the earth itself, the permafrost, were slowly awakening from a long dream of being frozen. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But one morning, Basil Stag Hare awakened and called across, “What ho! Well, bless me medals, if it ain’t young Matthias! How are you, laddie buck?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The second view of the deserted town, barely illuminated by the yellowish bulbs of the street lights, did not awaken in Aureliano any more curiosity than the first. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z We hope, even at this late hour, that our first actions will awaken everyone to a realization of the disastrous situation to which the Nationalist policy is leading. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was your manner of giving back the gifts that caused Hamlet’s temper to flare. Had you spoken more honeyed words, it would have awakened his ardor, not his anger,” he scolded. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A dusty gloom hung over the chicken pen where the five remaining roosters uneasily preened their gorgeous feathers as they waited for the Angel of Death to chop, pluck, and disembowel their youthful, awakening bodies. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept awakening to think of the climb they would soon have to make through the mountains and of the desert that lay on the other side. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z She inhaled the perfume of the drenched earth, the rotten leaves, and the humus, which awakened an unknown pleasure in all her senses. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like a creature awakening from sleep, and when it moved—sinuous, liquid—and shook open its massive wings, a bone-deep terror stirred in all the warriors. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It came from the same place as the whisper that had awakened him in Mazoe. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I remember where a toad may live and what time the birds awaken in the summer—and what trees and seasons smelled like—how people looked and walked and smelled even. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He would use chloroform, and she would feel nothing and awaken to the prospect of a new life as Mrs. H. H. Holmes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Arriving home, I awakened my mother and father. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His vernacular makes him sound like he has just awakened from the 1950s. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z She said nothing about it when she awakened with a stretch the next morning. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z But a month later, the same neighbor who had awakened Thom from his enchanted sleep came across the farmer again, except this time he would not awaken, for he was dead. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But she awakened a few hours later, and when she moved she realized that she ached to the last fiber of her body. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know if he had also told himself they were dead and had been rudely awakened to the truth or whether he was just feeling lonely. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Next to me, someone was trying to awaken his neighbor, his brother, perhaps, or his comrade. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “More addictive than most drugs. Sampling a lotus blossom awakens a craving that will never be silenced. Many have wasted their lives pursuing and consuming the petals of those bewitching flowers.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z An auction in Savannah led him to the Randall plantation and his gruesome awakening. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z On awakening each one had the juice of forty oranges, eight quarts of coffee, and thirty raw eggs. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I feel spring awakening, I feel it in my entire body and soul. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z When I next awakened, it was late afternoon. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I sleep very lightly. I am used to waking at a sound. I am sure if she had come down from the berth above I would have awakened.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Next morning, awakened by the dawn and the call of birds, they all arose. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When he awakened the sun was cooking the inside of his mouth and had dried his tongue to leather. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “He sees compassion and forbearance as weakness. But you have other traits that are beginning to awaken. You’ll be a new-order scythe yet!” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z A rural black family guilty of a small infraction of “social custom” would awaken in the middle of the night to find a cross burning in their yard. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z American Jews had to be awakened to the problem of a Jewish state. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I awakened in the middle of the night. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z And then quite suddenly they were gone, as if the dreamer had awakened. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z She tried in vain to awaken love in them by means of the bird cage that Úrsula had built during the first reconstruction of the house. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She was looking at him as she was always looking at him when he awakened. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Which made Aru think of the words Urvashi had said so long ago when they had visited the Court of the Sky: You must awaken the weapons...go to the Kingdom of Death. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I awakened the next morning to find Uncle Clark shaking me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The categories of grammar reflect the building blocks of thought—time, space, causality, matter—and a philosophical wordsmith can play with them to awaken her readers to metaphysical conundrums. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She had awakened when Lazlo did, then collapsed back on her pillows, squeezing her eyes tight shut to block out the sight of the mesarthium walls and ceiling that hemmed her in. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Arriving home, I awakened my mother and father. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Rowan was awakened at dawn by a towel hurled at his face. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z When I awaken in the morning, my siblings are already up. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked as if she had just awakened from a terrible nightmare. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The storm had stopped, and something had awakened him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She awakened me what I guessed to be a few minutes later, not with ghoulish wails as might be expected, but as a mother would wake up her beloved child. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Her mother, who’d wept half the night, was still in bed nursing the baby, so Lupita awakened Salvador and told him that food was ready. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z At last I dozed, awakened in the dark, looked out—nothing, nobody. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Jessie retrieved her list of things to do for Christmas Eve dinner and examined it while listening to the sounds of her family awakening upstairs. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Several times during the mourning period he awakened and complained and got the dipped rag again and went to sleep. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We awakened to the ringing of the Meeting House bell, the firing of warning muskets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They sat on the ground near her and waited patiently until she awakened. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z When I awakened one morning my mother told me that we were going to see a judge who would make my father support me and my brother. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He was alert, like he had awakened from a night of great sleep, though he was still hungry and thirsty. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z And then she touched his cheek and he fell down in an enchanted sleep and did not awaken until his neighbor discovered him. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He snorted a big snore and awakened and cried, “OW!”—each thing happening on top of the other. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z When all the Self was conquered and dead, when all passions and desires were silent, then the last must awaken, the innermost of Being that is no longer Self—the great secret! Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think I will soon be having that same wish for both of you as well,” the king said, his shoulders straightening as if he were awakening. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I was awakened by the Count, who looked at me as grimly as a man can look as he said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The night before, Thula had awakened suddenly, screaming about icebergs and a huge ship sinking and people calling out for help. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Though his house was under attack, he lay down, knowing something would awaken him soon enough, and so, surrendering for now, he fell into a shallow sleep. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z This same night I am awakened by a shout. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z A week after she left his bed, he dreamt again of Rosa and awakened on wet sheets. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He hoped that when he awakened his father would be safe at home. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z On May 18, he awakens to find that someone has stolen his right shoe. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Her bed was a rag-stuffed mattress on a shelf of cold stone, and she was always stiff and tight when she awakened. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Kino could never remember seeing them closed when he awakened. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z I can see a tiny spark of hope awaken in her eyes. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Suzanne’s sudden death had awakened me to the idea that I wanted more joy and meaning in my life. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It was a different feeling from my boy crushes—it felt more like an awakening. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z But there were certain of them who took a bit longer to awaken. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There was Robert’s reproach making itself felt by a quicker, fiercer, more overpowering love, which had awakened within her toward him. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z ‘That is but a part, for I have forgotten much. It is long and sad, for it tells how sorrow came upon Lothlórien, Lórien of the Blossom, when the Dwarves awakened evil in the mountains.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z We were asleep on the palm mats that I'd made, but it awakened us immediately. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Sounder’s scratching at the door awakened the boy. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sir? You asked to be awakened if Harrison came back.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not realize she had fallen asleep again until she was awakened by shouting outside. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Every morning she awakened full of catlike energy and the best intentions, every morning the dull dread returned; every morning she looked for the baby. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The sun was awakening, and Minli wanted to return home as soon as possible. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Late Monday evening the shrill ring of the phone awakened me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was awakened early in the morning by my mother. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I was abruptly awakened from my reverie by a snarling black guard: “What do you want here, boy, are you lost?” he said in Zulu. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A hand touching his shoulder awakened him from his trance. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z There is enough magic in starlight to content a baby and fill its belly, and in large enough quantities, starlight can awaken the best in that baby’s heart and soul and mind. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Two years before, far away from there, she had fallen asleep without putting out the candle and had awakened surrounded by flames. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Experiencing Elowen’s power in her visions had awakened a disturbing hunger to have that power herself. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But the next morning she was awakened suddenly by a redfaced man who held a pitchfork in his hand. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “The others will only awaken as needed. With increasing darkness comes answering light,” said Boo. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Each time, she awakens with Belky’s screams ringing in her ears. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The sound awakened Derek, who was not really asleep, and he looked out of the jacket. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z By this time the mother has awakened and is looking at us suspiciously. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We had just awakened from a short sleep and were sucking lukewarm coffee out of plastic tubes and munching on bacon which had been squeezed into little cubes, like lumps of sugar. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There were months when he did not come, but every morning as soon as we awakened we put our hands under our pillows to see. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “It is an odd case, possibly unique... We don’t know what his behavior might be like when he awakens...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z When Kate had returned in the middle of the night, she’d awakened Constance to fill her in, and afterward Constance was even sleepier than usual. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He was awakened by the ring of the telephone. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the attacks stopped completely and David went back to the captain’s bunk to sleep the rest of the night without awakening until the morning sun baked the inside of the cabin. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then earth struck the coffin; the child awakened and began to scream. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z They felt now like people just awakening from a nightmare. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z They’re going to have a rude awakening anyway because they’re headed next door to Mrs. Franklin’s house, and she doesn’t like when people come by unannounced. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z My mother is the only individual I know who can fall asleep instantly for two minutes—deep REM sleep, complete with snoring—only to be awakened instantly by certain select noises. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The kingdom of Orléans will learn of the queen's illness and will have an heir announced this week, either Sophia or an awakened Charlotte. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She believed it was the silence that had finally awakened her in the morning. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He only noticed that the bright and clear inward voice, that had once awakened in him and had always guided him in his finest hours, had become silent. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z If there were only some wine, some poison, that would give him oblivion, that would make him forget that would make him sleep and never awaken! Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z As his thoughts began to swirl, it occurred to him that he might never awaken again. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The eggs had awakened it fully, roaringly, so that it tore at him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z He had had the same dream that night as a week ago, and once again he had awakened before it ended. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She was so pretty and so quick that even when she had just awakened, her eyes full of sleep and hair tousled, I thought she looked just like the Virgin Mary. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In early November I was awakened one morning by a shot from a rifle. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t the cold that had awakened Billy. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was awakened by whistling and shouting,” said Zvonko Springer, who worked on road construction. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a perpetual smile in his eyes, which seldom failed to awaken a corresponding cheerfulness in any one who looked into them and listened to his good- humored voice. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Many times they were awakened by the traffic of the dead. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It was dark when I awakened—or when I came to, if it was that. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Doc awakened very slowly and clumsily like a fat man getting out of a swimming pool. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “The lamp was lit. The Sleeper will start to awaken. It is my sacred duty to guide the Pandava brother who lit it.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z When it was still dark, Lupita was awakened by a bright light. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Hazel could feel the water beneath their feet rocking, roused like an awakening beast. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z When in the cold dawn a frost awakened Cal to a sick world he struggled home like a broken bug. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I was always the first of my family to awaken. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Until the dawn of his fifteenth name day, when he had been awakened to find his horse saddled and ready. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then I slept again for several hours, until the telephone awakened me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z With each click I waited for Big Ma to awaken and send us to bed without our seeing the surprise. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “I was awakened by a terrible crash. I came as fast as I could....” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z She explained about the Argo II and their voyage to stop the giants from awakening Gaea. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His father had said no but helped him set an alarm clock so he’d be the first to awaken. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The following morning, we started speaking to each other as if awakened from a nightmare or a dream that had given us a different take on life and the situation we were in. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The sound that had awakened Kira was not shouts and jostling but simply the tread of feet as the people streamed up the narrow lanes and moved into the throng waiting to enter the building. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d learned that the giants planned to use him as some kind of blood sacrifice to awaken Gaea. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z When I awakened the next morning my mother told me that Grandpa had “gone home.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The destruction of the temple of philosophy was not, for him, an historical event; it was a personal experience, the moment when he had awakened from a nightmare. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z His father awakened, as if slapped from sleep by an invisible hand. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa had run outside fast as a shot to see for himself as soon as she had awakened him. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z For these people do not sleep soundly all night; they awaken at intervals and talk a little and then go to sleep again. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z At length, however, his civility was so far awakened as to enquire of Elizabeth after the health of her family. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Timothy stayed by me all night but in the morning, when I awakened, he was gone and so was Stew Cat. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I went to bed early that night, around eleven; at twelve I was awakened by a loud persistent banging at the front door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But in its stead, I felt like a man who awakens in his own house and finds all the furniture rearranged, so that every familiar nook and cranny looks foreign now. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Her keenest attention was awakened; she longed to hear more, and was grateful to her uncle for saying: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Frightful would awaken, I would feed her, she would fall back to sleep, and I would watch the breath rock her body ever so slightly. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z They slept now in clean beds in a warm house while their father, a bald- headed old Negro, sat in the swamps and wept, holding it in so he would not awaken the Negro children. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of the horrific tragedies of lynchings and race riots would come an awakening of black America. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z When I awakened, I did not want to go to the congress. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Norma was fascinated by my description of the memory, as if it awakened sleeping images. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z We were awakened before dawn to begin a fortification of the town. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I would awaken to the sound of the cuckoo in the tamarind tree that shaded the courtyard. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Even as small as we then were, some of the African and Asian personages had sent Mr. Muhammad private word that they liked his efforts to awaken and lift up the American black people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mark my words, when the major come home, that woman is gonna be in for a rude awakening. That’s all I’m saying. There’s gonna be a reckoning when the major comes back.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “I wondered whether you would remember that. By the way, I was awakened by what sounded like something heavy falling against my door. Have you any idea what that could have been?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he was only Siddhartha, the awakened; otherwise nothing else. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Joseph returned to his uncle’s bedside and, as if awakened by the Marvels, Albert opened his eyes and turned to Joseph. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She felt restless like the birds and mammals, and in the middle of the night she awakened and peered out at the sky. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I went back to sleep and was awakened by the ringing of the doorbell. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z You can wake, or you can waken, or you can awake, or you can awaken. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Numbly, she followed the others, wishing it were a nightmare from which she could awaken. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Snowflakes danced in the awakening sky, touching down softly on Hazel’s long black hair. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z After she had awakened from that dream, she had tried to keep her eyes open, afraid of what other dreams might come. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z One morning in the middle of May, I awakened to hear Timothy taking great breaths. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Some time between midnight and dawn I was awakened by strangers, informed that I was under arrest, and taken by an armed guard to the Kundershaden Prison. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe one day you will remember some tea that tasted bitter. You took my medicine by mistake—remember? Slept as you had never slept before and awakened late—thick-headed?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was upsetting, imagining them awakening to find me gone. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I had not slept long when I was suddenly awakened by what I thought was thunder, but upon looking out from my shelter I saw that there were no clouds in the sky. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z There was Robert’s reproach making itself felt by a quicker, fiercer, more over-powering love, which had awakened within her toward him. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Sadness washed over him, almost as if he were reliving those few terrible minutes of awakening in darkness to the memory loss. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She was still thinking about this when she experienced a very rude awakening. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They slept late the next morning and were awakened by the roar of a racing motorboat as it headed down the river to the bay. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he had fallen asleep, and on awakening he looked at the world like a new man. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The screecher awakens in her nest—is that what it is?—and listens to the night world. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z It is possible that if in the night the frog sound should have stopped, everyone in Salinas would have awakened, feeling that there was a great noise. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I have awakened in the night being slightly unwell & felt so much afraid though my reason was laughing & told me there was nothing, & tried to seize hold of objects to be frightened at.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z One night the sound of sobbing awakened me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But Shep didn’t come back, and a few nights after his disappearance Jethro was awakened by the smell of smoke and the crackle of burning hay and wood. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z As the work intensified, something that had been hibernating in her mind awakened, and once roused it would not go away. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Joe meant to sleep until noon but he awakened at seven and lay in bed for quite a long time. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The roar and chilliness of the dark water awakened my senses, and my heart constricted in my chest as I came up for air. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The only thing Gaea needed was a willing sacrifice—a soul to be consumed for Alcyoneus to awaken. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The Presence that had lurked in the shadows began to awaken in the Big-Head Mask. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z After a judge was awakened to administer the oath, Arthur and several witnesses gathered in his parlor. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The sweet smell entered his nose and Nathan felt his entire body awaken. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z We awakened from this to find neighboring friends arriving; they brought a large pot of chili con carne, made from a family recipe, the best I have ever tasted. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But the courage that had been awakened in him was now too strong: he could not leave his friends so easily. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Impassively he stood there against the wall, in the shadow of the flickering candle, seemingly trying to awaken himself from some bad dream, some nightmare. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He went to sleep quickly and didn’t awaken until dawn. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Basically, I tried to ignore my sexual awakening by imitating the Rock. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He felt the old terror that always came as he awakened. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He told himself it was because he’d just awakened that he sounded so whiny and, well, little. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I’m not sure where that swell of desperation came from, but now that I’ve acknowledged it, it’s impossible to ignore, like a living thing has awakened from a long sleep inside me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She awoke in the night, trying to remember the dream that had awakened her. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Something had awakened him and he lay listening, his senses keyed and alert, the memory of the tanker fresh in his mind. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the men nearby were beginning to look at him with awakening curiosity. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Christine had fallen asleep in one world and awakened in another. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He called the peregrine note to awaken a mate from the incubation trance. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z On Wednesday morning, May 7, I was awakened by the slam of the front door and Mother Lois calling out to us from the living room. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I awaken from a nightmare I can’t remember to the violent pitching of the ship. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z But today I was awakening with a new knowledge. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In the morning he awakened on a split second and lay waiting for reveille. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I sat up, looked at him, and waited for him to notice that I’d awakened. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z He arose and, taking up his crook, began to awaken the sheep that still slept. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She had an expression on her face like she’d just awakened. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He would be there waiting at sunset, just before Silas awakened. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Their stillness is the reason why these memories of former times do not awaken desire so much as sorrow—a vast, inapprehensible melancholy. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They only ate what he handed over and slept so deeply he was afraid, in the morning, that they might never awaken. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It took him quite a while to wake up each night and then when he did awaken, he didn’t do much except hop around the living room. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z Stanley was half asleep as he got in line for breakfast, but the sight of Mr. Sir awakened him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z It would awaken the nation to the power of architecture to conjure beauty from stone and steel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Excited at discovering this, he cries out with joy so that his wife awakens. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He was not sure how long he slept, but when he awakened the raft was drifting on a large, flat plain of water, bobbing sideways. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z On the night of the second of February he awakened crying. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Earlier that morning I had been awakened by loud pounding on the door. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z That was the last shudder of his awakening, the last pains of birth. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning I was awakened by the chanting of morning hymns coming over loudspeakers. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He awakened at four to find that the rain had stopped. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z At first I thought one of my pups had awakened me by moving and whimpering. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the twins awakened and yawned and looked at Lee and went to sleep again. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She would awaken as healthy as she was now but without the encumbrance she bore within. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I crept back to bed, but was awakened later by low voices saying good-bye. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The Father Abbot was awakened by a sword-point at his throat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Rattling pots and pans in the kitchen would now awaken me in the mornings and I would know that Uncle Tom and his family were getting breakfast. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The bell awakens me; and then Cora, knocking at my door. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I had expected to awaken in the cottage in the woods, with everything ready for my journey. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z In the morning, Saturday morning, awakening, he heard tiny popping sounds in the distance. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z There was rage lingering on the surface that rippled like a wave awakened into motion. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Hours later she was awakened by thunder shaking the old silo. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “Did you trust my mother?” she demanded, for his words had awakened a small flicker of anger in her, and she fought back her fear of him with it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt a burning glow mount to my face; for bitter and agitating recollections were awakened by the allusion to marriage. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Ben had awakened that morning, while it was still dark, with the butterflies, the old, invisible protozoa of fear that invaded the stomach on the days of contests or of testing. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A wolf, asleep with his head on his paws, awakens at the sound of my footsteps and opens his eyes but does not lift his head. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of the plane engine changing sound—decreasing in pitch—awakened him, and he was embarrassed to see that he had drooled in his sleep. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z “Amah! Amah!” she repeated desperately, willing her to awaken, but Amah was deaf to her pleas. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The baby had awakened and was crying loudly, so that she had to yell. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Movement awakened him, but not with any urgency. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Pandavas have been awakened to do battle once more,” said Hanuman, rubbing his chin. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z That must have been what had awakened him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he asked his friend to go into the tent where Fatima was sleeping, and to awaken her and tell her that he was waiting outside. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He waited patiently for the merchant to awaken and open the shop. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And then Kino awakened, with the evil music pulsing in him, and he lay in the darkness with his ears alert. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z That night, Dicey was awakened by thunder roaring about the house. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Toward the middle of the night, I was awakened by something choking me, as if two steel claws had locked themselves around my throat. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He was awakened one night by a strange noise. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Now it was as though I had been suddenly awakened from a deep sleep. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I would awaken to the sound of garage doors creaking open and know without thinking that it was Friday and that my father was on his way to six-thirty mass. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The pounding and kicking at the door awakened my sister, and she started screaming from under the table. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They began to feel that all this country was unreal, and that they were stumbling through an ominous dream that led to no awakening. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In the middle of the night Charley awakened me with a soft apologetic whining, and since he is not a whining dog I got up immediately. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z A guy who had ditched me, who had haunted my sexual awakening with a nightmare of self-doubt. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Citra and Rowan were awakened sometime after midnight by someone pounding on the front door. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The mutual distrust between the men who were just awakened and those who were ending a long night gave everyone a feeling of estrangement. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z To awaken them is to reveal that they are an empire of humans and, like all empires of humans, are built on the destruction of the body. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Undaunted by the night’s scare, Oksi stood up and watched the awakening birds. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z It hadn’t escaped her notice either that she had been the one awakened to cut grass. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My own humanity was awakened, rising up to greet me with a handshake as I watched the first glimmers of sunlight peek over the horizon. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Her amazement mirrored his own, her gaze the equivalent of a whispered Oh, husky and astonished and awakened. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She fell asleep, and thankfully, on that night, she was not awakened by Tidbit. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z When he awakened after many hours, it seemed to him as if ten years had passed. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z After hearing the charges against her, Sophie said, “What does my death matter if by our action thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Vajra was still in her hand, but although the weapon had been awakened, Aru couldn’t do much with it except hit a couple of things. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z What trumpet sound would awaken him, what hand would lift him up? Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z It didn’t help that Charlie’s face appeared before me, awakening memories of his kind and tender ways. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z When we awakened at dusk, we were covered in mariposas. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I remembered Monday afternoon when I had awakened with the curtain around my bed and Mrs. Carpenter bending over me, and I wondered what had happened to Mr. Savo. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Siddhartha looked at him like one who had just awakened. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z One may look in vain for living creatures in the daytime, but when the sun goes and the night gives consent, a world of creatures awakens and takes up its intricate pattern. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Like an old cat, she slept more and more, some days awakening only to move into a new patch of sun and fall asleep again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And as though awakened by her cry he caught her by the shoulders and shook her. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “To Weldon I owe the chief awakening of my life,” he recalled, “but this is the personal, private obligation of my own soul.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The neatness, the charm, the joy he awakened in her made him want to nest with her. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z In a sudden awakening the old man had started to his feet; he looked around as though wondering where he was, his eyes lighting in surprise on the two dogs by the door. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then this vital force is merely smoldering, awaiting the time to flare again into activity when spring awakens the insect world. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z |
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