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She was met with a rousing reception.
a rousing rendition of our national anthem
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One of the most rousing action-comedies ever made, and one that possesses an undeniable heft in its practical effects, The General builds beautifully off of its premise to create a handful of cinema’s most dizzying, entertaining chase sequences.
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2024
An African American by the name of A.C. Lightburn was also said to have given the most rousing speech in support of incorporation.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 28 May 2024
The most rousing dish, to me, was an entrée of celeriac, the knobbly, turnip-like root vegetable, sliced into thick rounds and ingeniously prepared in the Italian American style known as francese: enrobed in a thin wash of egg, then doused in a sunshiney sauce of lemon juice and white wine.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2024
Freed by bounty hunter King Schultz (Christoph Waltz, anointed 2013's Best Supporting Actor for his rousing turn), former slave Django (Foxx) goes on a search for his wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) and attempts to free her from vicious rancher Calvin Candy (Leonardo DiCaprio).
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 24 June 2023
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2024
An African American by the name of A.C. Lightburn was also said to have given the most rousing speech in support of incorporation.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 28 May 2024
The most rousing dish, to me, was an entrée of celeriac, the knobbly, turnip-like root vegetable, sliced into thick rounds and ingeniously prepared in the Italian American style known as francese: enrobed in a thin wash of egg, then doused in a sunshiney sauce of lemon juice and white wine.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2024
Freed by bounty hunter King Schultz (Christoph Waltz, anointed 2013's Best Supporting Actor for his rousing turn), former slave Django (Foxx) goes on a search for his wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) and attempts to free her from vicious rancher Calvin Candy (Leonardo DiCaprio).
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 24 June 2023
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“Rousing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rousing. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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