WOKE in a Sentence

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For WOKE, below is one of 113 sentences:
I woke up in a strange room, as it seemed to me, and made my way out into the street in a sort of dazed way when you were absent.

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 Meanings and Examples of WOKE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
woke
 v.  past tense and past participle of WAKE
Classic Sentence: (96 in 7 pages)
1  Even as they passed, a great rock came thundering down with a hoarse rattle which woke the echoes in the silent gorges, and startled the weary horses into a gallop.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
2  I woke him up and told him that the hour had come when he was to answer for the life he had taken so long before.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
3  It was just then that Mr. Jones woke up.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
4  But they woke at dawn as usual, and suddenly remembering the glorious thing that had happened, they all raced out into the pasture together.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
5  The hens woke up squawking with terror because they had all dreamed simultaneously of hearing a gun go off in the distance.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
6  Then the random ribbons of birds' voices woke her.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 12
7  Jekyll was no worse; he woke again to his good qualities seemingly unimpaired; he would even make haste, where it was possible, to undo the evil done by Hyde.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
8  Some two months before the murder of Sir Danvers, I had been out for one of my adventures, had returned at a late hour, and woke the next day in bed with somewhat odd sensations.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
9  She woke up greyly, and watched, but without making a sound to disturb Sir Clifford.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
10  Then he woke up and looked at the light.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
11  Connie woke up to the existence of legs.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
12  The old gentleman who was reading the newspaper raised his head for a moment, and pulled the other old gentleman by the sleeve; whereupon, the last-mentioned old gentleman woke up.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
13  In this agony of suspense she entered the house, put the baby in a place of safety, woke the lad and the female domestic, and ran out to give the alarm at the nearest cottage.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 9 Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together
14  I woke up in a strange room, as it seemed to me, and made my way out into the street in a sort of dazed way when you were absent.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. The Adventure of The Resident Patient
15  Then I put out my hand and was about to shake the man, who was still sleeping soundly, when a bell over his head rang loudly, and he woke with a start.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
Example Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1  The top stair creaked as she went upstairs and the noise woke up her mother.
2  They woke to a clear blue sky.
3  We woke up late and it was ten o'clock before we struck camp.
4  I woke up in the night feeling cold.
5  They woke up early and were raring to go.
6  The fact woke them up to the need for the safety precaution.
7  Showered, under the ceiling fan in his room at the Coligny, Converse woke to the telephone.
8  Alex woke late feeling tired and sluggish.
9  Steve passed out on the floor and woke up blinded and in severe pain.
10  When I woke the sun was three poles high.
11  I slept, and dreamt that life was Beauty, I woke, and found that life was Duty.
12  She woke up in the middle of a ghastly nightmare.
13  She woke every morning at the same time.
14  I woke up at six this morning.
15  While he was deep in his musings, Becky woke up with a breezy little laugh--but it was stricken dead upon her lips, and a groan followed it.