roust

Example Sentences

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I’d be the guy who falls asleep at 10, waking when authorities shine spotlights and blare Kenny G songs at my house to roust me out to vote.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2024

Advocates for the homeless ardently protest efforts to roust the encampments, arguing people have nowhere else to go.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2022

For 19 days, she evaded the men who came with poles and nets and ropes, and a helicopter that thwapped its rotor blades at the water to roust her.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2021

I roust the older kids to get out of bed.

From New York Times • May 29, 2020

How else would the night watchman know when to roust his fellows out of their comfortable straw beds to begin the day’s devotions?

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife