WAKE in a Sentence

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For WAKE, below is one of 244 sentences:
Although no formal charges had been made against him, in the wake of the recent scandal the mayor felt he should tender his resignation.

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 Meanings and Examples of WAKE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
wake
 n.  trail of ship or other object through water; path of something that has gone before
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  His unrest issued from him like a wave of sound: and on the tide of flowing music the ark was journeying, trailing her cables of lanterns in her wake.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
2  He pushed onward nervously, feigning a still greater haste and faintly conscious of the smiles and stares and nudges which his powdered head left in its wake.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
3  It was not a dream from which he would wake.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
4  He wondered how he would pass the first night in the novitiate and with what dismay he would wake the first morning in the dormitory.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
5  Strangely enough, Lucy did not wake; but she got up twice and dressed herself.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
6  I feared to wake her mother, who has been more than usually ill lately, so threw on some clothes and got ready to look for her.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
7  When I had her carefully wrapped up I put my shoes on her feet and then began very gently to wake her.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
8  I did not wake her, but tucked her up warmly; I have taken care that the door is locked and the window securely fastened.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
9  Last night I found her leaning out when I woke up, and when I tried to wake her I could not; she was in a faint.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
10  I was afraid to wake mother, and so closed my door again.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
11  From his putting his finger to his lips, I gathered that he expected her to wake before long and was afraid of forestalling nature.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
12  He have follow the wake of the berserker Icelander, the devil-begotten Hun, the Slav, the Saxon, the Magyar.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
13  I determined not to wake her, but that, when I should return from this new search, I would arrange for her going back to Exeter.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
14  I sometimes think we must be all mad and that we shall wake to sanity in strait-waistcoats.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
15  I tried, but I could not wake him.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
Example Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
16  I wake at seven every morning.
17  I'm programmed to wake up at seven.
18  I reached out to him in the dark, still in a partial drowse in fact, thinking, Why did she wake up her mate?
19  There are some neighbor dogs I would like to use it on, just to train them not to bark and howl, especially when they wake me up at night.
20  Although no formal charges had been made against him, in the wake of the recent scandal the mayor felt he should tender his resignation.
21  In the wake of the scandal, John, the senator's one-time adherent, quickly deserted him.
22  A sudden surge of adrenalin can negate the effects of fatigue: there's nothing like a good shock to wake you up.
23  There couldn't anything wake them up all over, and make them happy all over, like a dog fight -- unless it might be putting turpentine on a stray dog and setting fire to him, or tying a tin pan to his tail and see him run himself to death.
24  One of my bedroom windows didn't close properly, and sometimes I'd wake up soaked from the rain.
25  The wake of the swan gliding through the water glistened in the moonlight.
26  In the wake of his allegations, the police claimed Wang had been found guilty of fraud, who had become a tool for the west to smear his homeland.
27  This year they have taken on extra poignancy in the wake of the disaster as Tacloban residents – 98% of whom are Catholic – turn to their faith for comfort.
28  I love waking up in the morning not knowing what's gonna happen or, who I'm gonna meet, where I'm gonna wind up.
29  Sleeping is the best cure for waking troubles.
30  Governments are finally waking up to the fact that the environment should be cleaned up.