regain consciousness
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: to become conscious again : to wake up
He slowly regained consciousness after the surgery.
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Midway through the film, an I.E.D. explodes just outside the apartment building, and the sequence that follows, in which the survivors gradually regain consciousness, is a tour de force of sensory deprivation and temporal dislocation.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
She was given Narcan, but did not regain consciousness.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 17 Jan. 2025
People exposed to carbon monoxide while sleeping may not regain consciousness.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2024
The methods may not detect intentional brain activity in some patients who later regain consciousness.
—Jan Claassen, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2022
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
She was given Narcan, but did not regain consciousness.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 17 Jan. 2025
People exposed to carbon monoxide while sleeping may not regain consciousness.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2024
The methods may not detect intentional brain activity in some patients who later regain consciousness.
—Jan Claassen, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2022
See All Example Sentences for regain consciousness
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“Regain consciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regain%20consciousness. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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