rousing
Example Sentences
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Once they were all settled, I would have a quick chat - nothing too rousing! - and then leave the dressing room.
From BBC
They skated clean thereafter and got good scores in their rousing finish – a series of Highland jigs combined with a dance lift - but the damage was done, as their overall technical score suffered greatly.
From BBC
He isn’t known for rousing oratory or catchy sound bites; the former prosecutor instead prefers to talk in long, earnest sentences about fairness and duty.
I led everyone gathered in the auditorium in a rousing recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.
Originally composed by Waller for a Harlem revue called “Connie’s Hot Chocolate,” it moved to Broadway with Louis Armstrong performing the rousing trumpet solo.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
