Rouse
Rouse verb - To cease to be asleep.
Usage example: I finally roused around noon, after going to bed very late
Sleep
Sleep verb - To be in a state of sleep.
Both words in one sentence
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You can sleep until the foolish adventurers rouse you from your thousand-year slumber, and devour not just them but all mankind.
Source: Ancient Tomb -
Heavy Sleeper: Nicola is known to sleep late and be difficult to rouse.
Source: Visual Novel / Dracu-Riot! - Unfortunately, he'd just had to spend an unusually long time without sleep, so he kept dozing off just sitting there — and every time she tried to rouse him, he'd come awake frantically lashing out with karate and destroy another piece of furniture....
Source: Wake-Up Fighting
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