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
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
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
Alice frantically tried to rouse her 80-year-old husband, then raced downstairs to the lobby in her bathrobe, shouting for help.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025
He didn’t want to get the sheriff out so early and rouse ill will when it wasn’t necessary.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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