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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
awake .
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Examples
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On the surface, Grimes is your average small-town cop — until he awakes from a coma one day (after a highway shootout with suspects) to find his town abandoned, his wife and son missing and the streets strewn with the wreckage of cars and bloody chaos.
Everything Old Is New Again Nancy deWolf Smith 2010
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For six seasons, Hall has portrayed Johnny Smith, a school teacher who awakes from a coma to discover he has special powers.
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But if you really must have an idea of the plot: Seventeen-year-old Jenna Fox awakes from a coma and has lost some important memories.
[REVIEW] Mary E Pearson’s THE ADORATION OF JENNA FOX « Urban Fantasy Land 2008
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After a serious accident, a man awakes from a coma of several years.
Archive 2007-02-01 Blue Tyson 2007
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Then, a man awakes from a hangover and finds himself alone and the city apparently deserted.
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Why is Carrie unable to cry until Mike awakes from the coma (p. 1)?
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Search until you meet Me face to face, and My tender uttering of your name awakes your glad "Rabboni."
timesofmalta.com 2009
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JEALOUSY AND REVENGE ABOUND – SANDRA BERNHARD GUEST-STARS – Things heat up at the Montecito when Sam’s (Vanessa Marcil) whale and his three wives visit town, but when Sam finds out her long-lost love awakes from a 20-year coma, Delinda (Molly Sims) must be the whale’s casino host for the day.
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The "Rude" Islands! what a thrill that name awakes in the heart of every wanderer -- lying as they do in the very heart of the rolling Pacific.
Terribly Intimate Portraits Noel Coward 1936
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If in the pensive twilight, while I recall my yesterdays, I hear the risen Lord call my name, the call awakes the thought of a wondrous tomorrow!
Brooks by the Traveller's Way 1864-1923 1902
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