The phrase "awakening interest" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the act of stimulating or rekindling someone's curiosity or enthusiasm about a particular subject or topic.
Example: "The documentary was successful in awakening interest in environmental issues among the viewers."
Alternatives: "sparking interest" or "igniting curiosity".
"It is linked with the issue of consumption and an awakening interest in provenance and authenticity".
In this piquant Danish drama, an exiled artist confronts the uneducated palate, awakening interest if not applause.
The stage was set for awakening interest in the late writings with the 2000 publication by the Library of America, that distinguished arbiter of durable literature, of a volume of Williams plays written from 1957 to 1980.
As much as awakening interest in portraiture, the museum has in recent years been cashing in on the British public's fascination with instant celebrities, itself a product of the rule of tabloids, television, movies, rock music and soccer mania.
On the basis of the literature, the researchers define three categories of information tools: The first one concerns awakening interest via the energy bill, 'in-home-displays' and etc.
The most important requirement was that "the new flag... should prove effective as a large poster" because "in hundreds of thousands of cases a really striking emblem may be the first cause of awakening interest in a movement".
For Bosanquet, then, education should be primarily directed at improving character; it is the remedy for "awakening interests and proportioning them to values" (op. cit., p. 237).
If anything, it may be re-awakening interest in photography generally, by introducing people who have never thought about how images might appear on screens to the joys of context, shade and focus cheering camera retailers.Even better, the photography business being a bit like that for razors, the success of digital cameras has opened up a large demand for things to put in them or attach them to.
Eyal Megged said literature served a purpose in awakening readers' interest in what was happening around them.
Address before the New York State Agricultural Society: "There has been an immense awakening of interest in agriculture...".. Address at the banquet of the Cornell University Club of New York City.
What we need now are new storytellers capable of awakening our interest with new and richer stories capable of soaking up all our attention.
