Sentence examples for shocked awake from inspiring English sources

"In our culture, we have to be shocked awake".

— in the muddle of the mosquito net, alone on the second floor of the dormitory, I'm shocked awake by a violent crash.

The whole thing should sap the spirit, and make you despair of a lost and wasted country, yet you are constantly shocked awake by the energy of Arbor, whether it is spent on insolence, initiative, or grief.

Ever since his Marvel Comics introduction in 1962, Spider-Man, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, shocked awake an entire generation of slack-jawed, mouth-breathing fans who'd been weaned on the charming but overly familiar antics of DC Comics and its stable of middle-aged men thwarting crime in their underwear.

I know I do because I leave my alarms on so loud that I'll never miss them, but end up being rudely shocked awake.

Sometimes, shocked wide awake, I've tried to reckon How many lives -- fifty, a hundred thousand?

As with all the best 'scape artists, just when we think we're looking at places or things that we think we know, the artist makes us blink — and our eyes are shocked wide awake.

When April showers Fall fluffy white And bring snow plowers To blight your night, Ensuing mornings Are cold and gray As you, in shock, awake And find you're mak- ing Maypo until May.

All retrospectives, art and otherwise, should shock us awake the way this one does.

There is no telling which gallery or museum will shock you awake with a suddenly profound moment.

The noise was unstoppable, stunning in the way it invaded our little house, shocking us awake each morning when the owners put the bird outdoors for the sunrise.