rouse

Who needs one when your smartphone can rouse you from sleep?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Nine minutes into the second half, the homegrown captain, neck muscles flaring, flicked a header beyond Dida, circling his arms to rouse the Reds in the Istanbul stands.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

However, if the U.S. bats do not rouse from their slumber, the championship game will be a game the Americans curse forever.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026

The 40-year-old Wawrinka must try and rouse himself on his Australian Open farewell after a gruelling five-set win in round two.

From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026

Faint as was the hope that his guess brought him, it was enough to rouse him.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

January is an odd month in the art world, as it rouses itself from its holiday slumber but struggles to shake off the sleepiness of the past month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

In Ridley Scott’s 1979 film “Alien,” the crew of the Nostromo rouses from slumber to answer a distress call that spells their doom.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2025

Lamb’s equally misfit team are known in the Park as the “slow horses,” and Lamb rouses himself only to remind them that they are there to do nothing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2024

Wearing crisp white shirts and matching red ties, the band rouses the congregation with melodic exaltations and a crash of symbols.

From Reuters ● Jul. 21, 2023

His fingers go back to my hair and I doze off, but he rouses me to see the sunset.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

French captures that sense of urgency in his figure who strides forward, musket in hand, roused to action by something perceived in the distance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Jones' performance was the type that can have a lasting effect on a fighter's career but he and Wood roused the fans on a night when the atmosphere was sometimes flat at the O2 Arena.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s cryptic weekend tweet has roused speculation about whether he is planning to build a semiconductor fabrication facility, or fab, something that costs tens of billions of dollars to build.

From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026

They have been roused to action and then abandoned so many times, not least by American presidents.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026

The wind roused itself, pushing against her softly, a whispered threat.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

Stokes had earlier received a rousing reception when he came into the attack in the morning session.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

This was seen as a rousing success for Greenspan.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

The show began with a rousing number featuring Yang and Rogers that was themed to one of the biggest TV shows of the past year, “Heated Rivalry.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

Sometimes, rousing our dormant inner adolescent is a job for a very old monster with a rock and roll heart where his soul should be.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

Not all the weekly pep rallies were as rousing as this one had been, but it was always hard to concentrate after them.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger