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Example sentences for: wakes

How can you use “wakes” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The island is aligned almost east-to-west in the water so that sunrise wakes the eastern tip, proceeds to caress the length of the island, and kisses the western tip “good night. ”
Molly Ringwald plays a quirky, intelligent sophomore who wakes up to discover that everyone in her family has forgotten her birthday.
Sometimes the isolation makes me feel like I'm trapped in one of those post-holocaust movies from the '50s, where the lead character wakes up to discover that everyone else has been wiped out by killer robots from Venus.
Professors began moving from one school to another every few years, with little reason to care about the reputational damage they left in their wakes.
Los Penitentes cared for the sick, arranged funerals, and conducted the religious rituals associated with wakes.