Examples of “wake” in a Sentence

verb To stop sleeping, or to rouse someone from sleep.

• I woke up at six to catch the early train.
• Please don't wake the baby.

noun A gathering held before or after a funeral to remember the person who died.

• After the service, everyone gathered at the pub for the wake.
• She told funny stories about her grandfather at the wake.
• Family and friends shared stories at his wake.

noun The trail of disturbed water left behind a moving boat, or turbulence left behind anything moving through air or water.

• Seagulls followed the ferry, wheeling above its white wake.
• The jet ski left a foaming wake across the lake.
• Their divorce left chaos in its wake.