waken

• An how in fuckin hell they gonna get out Herschel struck the rounded curve of a grave with the flat of his shovel as if to waken, and to mock, whatever lay inside, beneath the grass. —  The Gravedigger’s Daughter
• If he were ever to waken, his feet would crush our town to dust. —  Aeon One
• Raymond looked awhile as if even he had been struck by it Ah no," said he, going down to his mother; "no, Mary, he will never waken--and then what will you do for Brian's white head Whisht!" —  Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two
• He dreaded to have her waken, and yet it seemed as if he could not endure the suspense until he found whether she had seen the deed or not Without trying to rouse her, he drove rapidly forward, and just as he emerged from the wood came to another brook, so similar to the one by the side of which the struggle had occurred, that he conceived the idea of stopping by its side and awakening Pepeeta from her stupor there. —  The Redemption of David Corson
• But he would not waken, and syne she cried I cleaned the stable, I laved the loch, and I clamb the tree And all for the love of thee And thou wilt not waken and speak to me The king and the queen heard this, and came to the bonny young lady and she said I canna get Nicht Nought Nothing to speak to me for all that I can do Then were they greatly astonished when she spoke of Nicht Nought Nothing, and asked where he was, and she said, 'He that sits there in the chair.' —  Custom and Myth

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