roused
Example Sentences
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It seems that much of the Western world is waking up, roused by that sonorous noise that they just can’t seem to shake.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026
That will be a persistent tension as cooperation gears up and it has already roused some Canadian domestic opposition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Pro-business Paz took office in November promising to resolve the country's worst economic crisis in decades, but his unpopular economic reforms and failure to respond to social demands have roused public ire.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
That includes my first wilderness campsite near Ford Point, where a several-thousand-pound elephant seal roused me from slumber with its jarring bark.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
I was roused by a tap on my door.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
