rude awakening• I was expecting the oralexam to be easy, but I was in for a rude awakening.• But, come the morning, Ronni was in for a rude awakening.• Eric Young's tackleproved a rude awakening.• Four months after the self-determinationspeech he received a rude awakening on both scores.• Conservativeelementssteeped in uniformitarian philosophy cannot be expected to welcome such a rude awakening.• Moving to the city was a rude awakening for an innocent country girl like Eli.• Well, it was a rude awakening.• The sudden fall in stock prices was a rude awakening for new investors.• The only good thing about his rude awakening was the discovery of a gigantichedgehog behind one of the goalposts.• Renters who move into a vacatedapartment face the rude awakening of the market rate an owner is permitted to charge.• This rude awakening was, however, still a few years away at the time when Dustin joined.