arouse
Example Sentences
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They may arouse the ire of politicians and the public, but they also do much that is useful.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025
Hwang uses it to fill time and arouse suspicion, but there is little narrative heft from this plotline until the finale.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2024
After his release in February 2023, the director began formulating a plan to shoot “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” in a clandestine fashion, with a small crew, so as not to arouse suspicion.
From New York Times • May 25, 2024
A trial at City of London Magistrates' Court found him guilty of displaying the sign in such a way as to arouse reasonable suspicion he was a member or supporter of a proscribed organisation.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2024
Had I a host of Elves in armour of the Elder Days, it would avail little, save to arouse the power of Mordor.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing arouse
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