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
Sometimes, the crowd at a nearby ballpark will issue a rousing cheer – as if congratulating you on a hike well done.
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John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
The 2026 club just might be the team that rouses them.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
By the time Game 5 rolled around, the 76ers extended the series with a rousing win in Boston and saw their confidence grow.
—Tony Jones, New York Times, 3 May 2026
In her cell, surrounded by her fellow rabble-rousing women, Deborah works the room.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 1 May 2026
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John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
The 2026 club just might be the team that rouses them.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
By the time Game 5 rolled around, the 76ers extended the series with a rousing win in Boston and saw their confidence grow.
—Tony Jones, New York Times, 3 May 2026
In her cell, surrounded by her fellow rabble-rousing women, Deborah works the room.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 1 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rouse
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Enjoy the memes and nostalgia bait, and wake me up when training camp starts.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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Manning said smelling salts have only been approved for fainting because of the temporary increase of blood flow to the brain, and increased heart and respiratory rates can wake a person up.—
Jason Jones,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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The 68-year-old suspect awoke and got into an argument with the victim that turned physical.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2026
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Many refugees came to her complaining of the headaches and sores and bodily pains that come from extreme stress and extreme boredom, of bedding on cold floors and being awoken through the night by explosions.—
James Verini,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
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Seeing her life through Meehan’s eyes awakened something in her.—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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At the sound of morning prayers, an older Clarissa awakens from this dream and shuffles out to her lawn, where the leafy bush has been replaced with the industrial skyline of Lagos.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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Bell is a revelation as the nebbish, envious and conflictedly aroused Niall — a desperate man hiding from others and himself.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Payment processors aren’t idiots, and a huge number of new charges was likely to arouse suspicion.—
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Rouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rouse. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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