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as in waked
to cause to stop sleeping
the honking horns roused her from a deep sleep
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as in awaked
to cease to be asleep
I finally roused around noon, after going to bed very late
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Recent Examples of roused
Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Well, for one, the go-to induction method is being roused from your bed in the middle of the night, hog-tied, and tossed in a van.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
Patients can be briefly roused—for example, to ask them to roll over or change a dressing—before falling unconscious again.
—Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2025
These setbacks roused long-standing SpaceX critics and attracted new ones, including the Mexican government, which has threatened legal action against the company over reported debris on and around its shores.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
Their experiences have roused growing awareness about how AI chatbots can influence people’s perceptions and otherwise impact their mental health, especially as such bots have become notorious for their people-pleasing tendencies.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
It was later turned into a film which roused several of the women to write their own memoirs of the orchestra.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Well, for one, the go-to induction method is being roused from your bed in the middle of the night, hog-tied, and tossed in a van.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
Patients can be briefly roused—for example, to ask them to roll over or change a dressing—before falling unconscious again.
—Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2025
These setbacks roused long-standing SpaceX critics and attracted new ones, including the Mexican government, which has threatened legal action against the company over reported debris on and around its shores.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
Their experiences have roused growing awareness about how AI chatbots can influence people’s perceptions and otherwise impact their mental health, especially as such bots have become notorious for their people-pleasing tendencies.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roused
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That woke me up to the bogus nature of the operators using the web and producing ads and subscriptions.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
28 Sep. 2025
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Alex Vesia waked two in the eight but stranded the tying run at third.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
24 Sep. 2025
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With the nation’s freedom hanging in the balance, the founders discover true liberty cannot only be written into law – it must be awakened in the hearts of the people.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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Cases are flooding the courts, with hearings in DC’s local criminal court routinely lasting late into the night and federal prosecutors awakened for new cases.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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After a lifeless Eagles offense awoke with a third-quarter touchdown to pull within 26-14, Davis forced Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford out of bounds on a punt-forcing sack by chasing him halfway across the field.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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Residents awoke to an atmospheric anomaly — fueled by meteorological conditions trapping smoke from Northern California wildfires — in which the sky did indeed turn a smoky orange.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
18 Sep. 2025
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Tips to Break the Bedtime Screen Habit Dr. Verma, who was not involved in the research, offers the following tips to prevent wakeful effects from smartphones and get better sleep: Avoid screens 30 to 60 minutes before bedtime.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Lauren Goode: Who among us doesn't want to have a nap gently guided by our wakeful rhythm?—
Lauren Goode,
WIRED,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Roused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roused. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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