roused; rousing
1
2
archaic
: to cause to break from cover
1
: to become aroused : awaken
rousing late on a Saturday
2
: to become stirred
… before she could rouse from this insult …—
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rouser
noun
: an act or instance of rousing
especially
: an excited stir
Examples of rouse in a Sentence
Verb
I've been unable to rouse her.
I was so tired I could barely rouse myself to prepare dinner.
These animals are dangerous when roused.
She was roused to anger by their indifference.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
In one of the side plots to The Lord of the Rings, two of the Hobbits attempt to rouse Treebeard—a wise but ponderous sentient tree—to defend his forest from an army that is cutting it down.
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Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
Marsch delivered this rousing speech while still on the pitch, huddled together with his team of history-makers.
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
But the Red Sox responded with three in the bottom half and walked off with a rousing win on Jarren Duran's game-ending single.
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ABC News,
28 June 2026
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Verb
As the tribunes, Bernardo De Paula’s Brutus and Daniel DeYoung’s Sicinius scheme and rabble-rouse with manipulative glee.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
In one of the side plots to The Lord of the Rings, two of the Hobbits attempt to rouse Treebeard—a wise but ponderous sentient tree—to defend his forest from an army that is cutting it down.
—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
Marsch delivered this rousing speech while still on the pitch, huddled together with his team of history-makers.
—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
But the Red Sox responded with three in the bottom half and walked off with a rousing win on Jarren Duran's game-ending single.
—
ABC News,
28 June 2026
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“Rouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rouse. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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