rouse

Example Sentences

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When it comes to exciting wide men, however, it's hard to look past those elite dribblers who rouse crowds and make full-backs fret.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

This nuclear-power startup says it can rouse the slow-moving industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Their popularity spread through Europe until, in Victorian tradition, they were used to rouse ladies after fainting spells.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026

Needless to say, the Scots will need to raise their level to have any hope of ending that 27-year hoodoo, so how does Clarke rouse his team for a seismic camp?

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

Nothing could rouse her, and every breath was such a painful struggle that the slow rasp of it filled the whole house.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare