rouse
Example Sentences
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Who needs one when your smartphone can rouse you from sleep?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Product designers are coming up with novel ways to rouse deep sleepers that border on diabolical, including clocks that deliver 300-volt electric shocks and donate snoozers’ money to charity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 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
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
Two Sun Maidens were kneeling over me, gently shaking my arms to rouse me.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
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