Examples of rousing in a Sentence
She was met with a rousing reception.
a rousing rendition of our national anthem
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After a rousing premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January, where it was acquired by Netflix, the film went on to make a strong showing at the New York, Mill Valley and most recently Middleburg film festivals, earning raves and deepening its resonance with every screening.
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
There was a rousing game of Marco Polo.
—Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 17 Oct. 2025
This boundary-breaking dance drama follows Baby (Jennifer Grey) and Johnny (Patrick Swayze) in a wrong-side-of-the-tracks romantic entanglement that all starts with a rousing night of bumping and grinding.
—Madeleine Janz, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Certainly, the film doesn’t deliver any rousing sense of justice like in, say, director Jennifer Fox’s child-abuse-story The Tale.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
There was a rousing game of Marco Polo.
—Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 17 Oct. 2025
This boundary-breaking dance drama follows Baby (Jennifer Grey) and Johnny (Patrick Swayze) in a wrong-side-of-the-tracks romantic entanglement that all starts with a rousing night of bumping and grinding.
—Madeleine Janz, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Certainly, the film doesn’t deliver any rousing sense of justice like in, say, director Jennifer Fox’s child-abuse-story The Tale.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rousing
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“Rousing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rousing. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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