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What is the verbs in this sentence a loud cry woke you out of sound sleep?

The verbs in the sentence are:

* woke (past tense of wake)

* out (prepositional phrase, but functions as an adverb modifying woke)

The sentence is in the past tense, describing a completed action. "Woke" is the main verb, and "out" acts as an adverb to tell us *how* the cry woke you.

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