be aroused
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It enables Alexander to be briefed and to update his handlers, though he can’t stay in there too long, lest suspicions be aroused on the other side of the hack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
“The brain needs stimulation. It needs to be aroused at an optimal level in order to perform well,” Zentall said, “so as a mechanism to increase arousal and stimulation to the brain, we move.”
From Washington Times ● Feb. 28, 2016
When the police direct the men on board to assist injured passengers, Dickens is reluctant to leave Nelly’s side, but he does lest suspicions be aroused.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2013
The time, difficulty and expense required to gather information on masses of citizens have decreased exponentially, and the motivation to use such information for evil purposes can be aroused from dormancy just as easily.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 22, 2011
Well might the mild William Penn be aroused to denounce it as inhuman, when pleading before the House of Commons for toleration to the Quakers.
From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Henry B. Stanton
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