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rouse
verb as in stimulate, excite
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Example Sentences
In his defence, Malema told the court the firearm was not his and that he had fired the shots to rouse the crowd, the publication added.
In Lenox’s 15th outing, the detective, painfully aware he’s now 50, must rouse himself from lingering fatigue and physical pain from a stab wound sustained while in America.
Colbert had already gotten a rousing standing ovation Sunday when he presented the first award of the evening.
He received rousing applause when he told the crowd: “This is not a battle of right versus left, this is a battle of good versus evil.”
However, he seemed to have succeeded at the 2009 Labour Party conference when Mandelson delivered a rousing speech to despondent delegates, telling them: "If I can come back, we can come back."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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