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Recent Examples of rouse Djokovic raced onto it, flicked the ball down the line, and still won the point, rousing himself and the crowd with a finger to the ear. James Hansen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025 After delivering his version of a rousing speech at a companywide presentation for a new project in Canton, Ohio, Ron suffers a modest embarrassment in front of his colleagues and his boss, Jeff (Lou Diamond Phillips). Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025 Zelda’s barking roused Brunkow’s husband, Ross Colquhoun. Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025 Despite an innate gift for melodic beauty and a bedraggled voice that would rouse itself to startling intensity, he was often derailed by substance abuse issues and a deluge of releases that were clearly in need of an editor or A&R executive to prune. David Browne, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rouse
Verb
  • That internal clock controls your sleep and wake cycles, detecting light as a signal to be awake and darkness as a signal to fall asleep.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Set a 30, 60 or 90-minute timer so the noise doesn’t wake you up.
    Christopher Murray may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In Hocus Pocus, Dani, her older brother Max (Omri Katz) and his crush Allison (Vinessa Shaw) have to save the children of Salem, Massachusetts after accidentally awaking the witch Sanderson sisters from their 300-year slumber.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2025
  • When Fuller awakes several hours later, her head has been shaved, she’s covered in antihistamine cream, and she’s tied up in a basement.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The black-flame candle has officially been lit—IYK, YK—awakening the city's spirit with a theme honoring the Big Apple itself.
    Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2025
  • After first being detained in New Jersey, Gómez was awakened in the night and flown to an ICE facility in Michigan on August 19, his cousin said.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Certainly, they are aroused by the concept of being ruinously in its thrall.
    Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Yet the calmness of these denials aroused American suspicion.
    Big Think, Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Rouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rouse. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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