WAKE in a Sentence

Learn WAKE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
244 example sentences for WAKE, such as:
1. Try not to wake the baby up.
2. Be careful not to wake the baby.
3. I tried, but I could not wake him.
4. It is not good to wake a sleeping lion.
5. She trod lightly so as not to wake the baby.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of WAKE
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)
1  She trod lightly so as not to wake the baby.
2  Don't clatter the dishes - you'll wake the baby up.
3  Be careful not to wake the baby.
4  Try not to wake the baby up.
5  Turn your radio down, or you'll wake the neighbours.
6  When I wake up every morning, the greatest joy is gazing upon you and sunshine, that is the future I desire.
7  She spoke in a quiet voice so as not to wake him.
8  People should wake up to the fact that people with disabilities have got a vote as well.
9  Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
10  There were obvious signs of the feel-good factor in the last survey taken in the wake of the election result.
11  It is not good to wake a sleeping lion.
12  Any minute now she'd wake up to find herself at home safe in bed.
13  Social problems cropped up in the wake of natural disasters.
14  Come on, wake up - breakfast is ready.
15  In his galumphing way he managed to wake the whole house on his return.