- present participle of rouse.
rousing
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"Neither age nor physical limitations can extinguish our zeal," he said in a rousing speech to Catholic clergy.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
Writing in The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw called it a "thoroughly engaging, rousing and spectacular Indian epic melodrama".
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Mazzio’s film, which uses hours of exquisite archival footage, does a rousing job of restoring a historic team’s legacy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The latter seemingly bought into some of the era’s storylines and ringside magic, believing that a rousing speech to the wrestlers in the locker room would convince them to strike.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
“We’re listening to a rousing speech from the Shard here.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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