How to Use rouse in a Sentence

rouse

verb
  • I've been unable to rouse her.
  • She was roused to anger by their indifference.
  • I was so tired I could barely rouse myself to prepare dinner.
  • These animals are dangerous when roused.
  • But please, lots of rousing hymns.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
  • Shapiro and his wife, Lori, roused the rest of the household.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
  • If anything might rouse him now The kind old sun will know.
    — Jack Sheehan september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Their encounter will rouse a jumble of mixed feelings in both men.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 22 Nov. 2021
  • The 2026 club just might be the team that rouses them.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
  • The face of the man roused from sleep was rawly aggrieved, accusing.
    — Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
  • His calls for peaceful protests failed to rouse widespread support.
    — Riazat Butt and Munir Ahmed, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The second two-run homer made the game close enough to rouse the Dodgers’ offense again.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Randy Newman’s score even drums up a rousing Viking chant.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • And now the rabble-rousing populist shoe is on the other foot.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Will his cannon shot across the bow of democracy rouse them from their torpor?
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Hope rouses life to continue, to expand, to grow, to reach out, to go on.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Lemon was soft-spoken in high school and is not a player who will give a rousing speech in front of the team.
    — Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
  • And yes, music stars have a lot more shots at, and knack for, rousing a large audience.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 5 Feb. 2026
  • There was something in this world that could rouse me, something that lightened the darkness.
    — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
  • When the ground began to tremble, neighbors ran through the streets to rouse those still sleeping.
    — Heba Farouk Mahfouz, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The labor market may be rousing from its slumber.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
  • Lines of cars inch forward with flags draped from windows, their horns blaring in rhythm with rousing chants.
    — Radier Odhiambo, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 May 2026
  • But as the guard started to wheel him out of the room, the former mogul roused himself for one final pitch.
    — Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
  • On the merit of its script alone, Becky Shaw is a rousing success.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Taylor also received a second one at the end of her rousing speech.
    — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 11 Jan. 2026
  • This isn’t a rousing story of beating the odds, but one with a jaundiced outlook on life.
    — Chicago Tribune, Hartford Courant, 1 Jan. 2024
  • And her rousing plea was toasted by the team with bottled South African beer.
    — Peter Mikelbank, Peoplemag, 22 Oct. 2023
  • If this article doesn’t rouse you to anger, fury, rage, and action, gay men may have no future on this earth.
    — Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 18 Feb. 2021
  • Djokovic raced onto it, flicked the ball down the line, and still won the point, rousing himself and the crowd with a finger to the ear.
    — James Hansen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Mission Control will rouse the astronauts with a wakeup song, kind of like an alarm.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 10 Apr. 2026

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