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as in to wake
to cause to stop sleeping
the honking horns roused her from a deep sleep
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as in to awake
to cease to be asleep
I finally roused around noon, after going to bed very late
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Recent Examples of rouse
And now the rabble-rousing populist shoe is on the other foot.
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Ben Smith, semafor.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Jeanette Winterson’s new work is a mix of memoir, philosophy, and literary criticism and Jennette McCurdy follows up her rousing success of a memoir with her first novel.
—Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
Son was the reserved type of skipper who preferred to lead by example on the pitch rather than by making rousing speeches, but Romero is an outspoken and fearless character.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Williams went for 300 yards of total offense that October 2021 day – the most ever by a true freshman against Texas – in a rousing 55-48 victory.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 16 Jan. 2026
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Ben Smith, semafor.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Jeanette Winterson’s new work is a mix of memoir, philosophy, and literary criticism and Jennette McCurdy follows up her rousing success of a memoir with her first novel.
—Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
Son was the reserved type of skipper who preferred to lead by example on the pitch rather than by making rousing speeches, but Romero is an outspoken and fearless character.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Williams went for 300 yards of total offense that October 2021 day – the most ever by a true freshman against Texas – in a rousing 55-48 victory.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rouse
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Swim through bioluminescent seas, sleep in deserts with poets, wake in rainforest dawns with conservationists, and travel north into polar silence.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Spread over him and shoved him forward, and he was woken by a screech and a howl.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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The lightweight fabric is also quiet, so you won’t be awoken from crinkling material.—
Rylee Johnston,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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The most famous, perhaps, was of lung cancer patient David Prueitt, who swallowed a supposedly lethal dose of medication and awoke three days later.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
9 Jan. 2026
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Dormant cancer cells awakening.—
Stephanie Armour,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Many communities across the Midwest, South, and Northeast awakened Monday to subzero weather.—
Charlotte Kramon,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Research shows that when partners are physiologically aroused due to emotional overwhelm per minute during conflict, problem solving and empathy decline sharply.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Algorithms tend to prioritize emotionally arousing content, particularly anger, anxiety and outrage.—
Robin Pickering,
The Conversation,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Rouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rouse. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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