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
Booker ended his remarks by rousing the crowd to its feet.
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Linh Tat, Oc Register, 31 May 2025
The French Open champ received a rousing standing ovation while seated courtside at the New York Liberty-Chicago Sky game at Barclays Center on Tuesday, June 10 — and cameras caught the tennis phenom’s seeming surprise at the reception.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 11 June 2025
Part of Sumner’s motivation for his rousing Cooper Union address was to reframe the Civil War in the eyes of the international community.
—Zaakir Tameez
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Revelers sprawled on the grass, enjoying a rousing rendition of Aaron Copland’s ‘Appalachian Spring,’ heading home as the sun dipped low.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2025
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Linh Tat, Oc Register, 31 May 2025
The French Open champ received a rousing standing ovation while seated courtside at the New York Liberty-Chicago Sky game at Barclays Center on Tuesday, June 10 — and cameras caught the tennis phenom’s seeming surprise at the reception.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 11 June 2025
Part of Sumner’s motivation for his rousing Cooper Union address was to reframe the Civil War in the eyes of the international community.
—Zaakir Tameez
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Revelers sprawled on the grass, enjoying a rousing rendition of Aaron Copland’s ‘Appalachian Spring,’ heading home as the sun dipped low.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rouse
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Subsequently, in my waking life, the sight of a dog turned me into, well, a scaredy cat.—
Thomas Cangelosi,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2025
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This could occur for players who tried to wake the game from sleep mode or who pressed a button to merely preview a purchasable item, the agency said in a complaint, which outline offenses from 2017 to 2022.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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About 2,000 shelters were opened across Chiapas, Guerrero, and Oaxaca, and over 18,000 first responders were mobilized At first light Thursday, Acapulco awoke under ominous dark clouds, but without a drop of rain and small waves lapping at its central beach.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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Storm moves south on approach At first light Thursday, Acapulco awoke under ominous dark clouds.—
Luis Alberto Cruz,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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In 2020 Hugo Lagercrantz of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden observed that consciousness can only awaken when there are connections between brain areas called the thalamus and the cerebral cortex.—
Christian Wolf,
Scientific American,
25 June 2025
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The real Cooper, freshly awakened from a coma induced by sticking a fork in an electrical socket, his long-absent memory restored, arrives shortly thereafter, thence to be transported back in time to the night of the murder of Laura Palmer, which brought him to Twin Peaks so many years ago.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
20 June 2025
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Personally, however, your idealism will be aroused.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
13 June 2025
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For instance, people often mistake a dog’s wagging tail as a sign of happiness, but the American Kennel Club suggests that the wagging movement only indicates that the dog is emotionally aroused.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Rouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rouse. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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