Sentence examples for be jolted awake from inspiring English sources

Better to do that than to fret about what happened late Saturday, and whether the Rays might finally be jolted awake.

She had to be jolted awake — sometimes forcibly, said Andrew Pindar, a friend and sponsor who helped outfit her first boat with the sip-and-puff technology necessary before she attempted to sail across the English Channel.

I agree that anyone concerned with technology should be jolted awake by the warning that Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk Bill Gates and many scientists have now delivered.

Unlike some of my colleagues, I have not been lulled into a state of numbness, only to be jolted awake when my funding runs out or some other unfortunate event occurs.

— "Get up!" Abe Mares was jolted awake.

At 3 A.M. I was jolted awake.

Each was jolted awake by the other.

They were jolted awake by strong aftershocks early Sunday.

I was jolted awake up by a huge thud.

With that first shout of "Falstaff!" Mr. Maestri is jolted awake and the dream-opera begins.

He said he only remembered leaving the lunch and being jolted awake on the tube.