1
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
Not only does its narrative momentum stall all too frequently, but our heroine’s completion quests lack the basics to deliver rousing feelings.
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Courtney Howard, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
There was no respite for the Ducks between their rousing rally to defeat the Calgary Flames on Wednesday and their 6-1 drubbing at the hands of the Kings on Thursday.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2025
The Golden Knights’ initial version of innovation included deploying an actor dressed as a medieval knight to give rousing pregame speeches on the ice while carrying out a plot of a looming battle against an opponent.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Roan, after her rousing speech at the 67th Grammy Awards, donated $25,000 to struggling artists to Backline, a non-profit organization that provides mental health and wellness resources to professionals in the music industry.
—Taylor Crumpton, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
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Courtney Howard, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
There was no respite for the Ducks between their rousing rally to defeat the Calgary Flames on Wednesday and their 6-1 drubbing at the hands of the Kings on Thursday.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2025
The Golden Knights’ initial version of innovation included deploying an actor dressed as a medieval knight to give rousing pregame speeches on the ice while carrying out a plot of a looming battle against an opponent.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Roan, after her rousing speech at the 67th Grammy Awards, donated $25,000 to struggling artists to Backline, a non-profit organization that provides mental health and wellness resources to professionals in the music industry.
—Taylor Crumpton, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rouse
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Life is mostly repetitive—wake, eat, work, sleep, repeat—and each day can feel like an unsatisfying circle.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2025
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Sleep paralysis is the phenomenon of being unable to move upon waking from sleep.—
Sanja Jelic,
Verywell Health,
28 Apr. 2025
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If the quarter-final triumph against Real Madrid had a dreamlike quality, this was a game in which Arsenal awoke to the harsh realities of the sharp end of the Champions League.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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But the man living there read the letter and hurried her to a house where a woman called her Phuong and awoke an elderly man asleep on a couch.—
Jennifer Brookland,
Mercury News,
27 Apr. 2025
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But the American people have been awakened to the poisonous influence the progressive left has and continues to have on American society.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
8 May 2025
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Beans often have a very tough seed coat that prevents water from entering, and only when this is broken—by something such as wildfire heat, the acid of a bird’s stomach, a scalpel or sandpaper—can water enter and the seed awaken.—
Katarina Zimmer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 May 2025
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For instance, men tend to be aroused by new partners, while women often crave new experiences with the same partner.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Murder by Antifreeze: How a Mother and Daughter Plotted to Kill Their Family Members – One at a Time The pastor said his suspicions were aroused when Shaun, who seemed healthy, died, and Diane seemed unfazed by it.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Rouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rouse. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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