roust

as in to wake
to force (someone or something) to move from a place The soldiers were rousted from their beds before sunrise.

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Recent Examples of roust At this point, many comedians would have given up, perhaps abandoning Jarle for better comedy, but Conan needles and cajoles him just enough to roust his spirits. Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024 Their combination of sprightly cuteness, small size and determination — they were originally bred to roust badgers — endear them to many. Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024 For the first time in 18 months, Pyle slept in a private room with a locked door and without fear that someone would roust him at night or steal his belongings. Chris Serres, Star Tribune, 13 Mar. 2021 That goal appeared to roust the Panthers, who scored twice in the period, yet trailed 3-2 going into the third. George Richards, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2023 See All Example Sentences for roust
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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
  • 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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  • 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
  • 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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  • But they didn’t get cheated this spring, not with three rousing blasts from the past: Against the Pistons, against the Celtics, against the Pacers.
    Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 23 June 2025
  • After a rousing verbal crescendo about 16 minutes into his speech, the crowd rose to its feet and delivered a standing ovation.
    Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2025

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“Roust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roust. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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