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
Then, Bascombe and his team go barreling in another room, rousing Jamie awake and informing him he’s being arrested under suspicion of murder.
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Mar. 2025
There are some moments when The Actor does rouse with inspired romantic set pieces and funny reflections on the whole business of performing.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
But the polling indicates that Trump’s absurdity may have roused Canadians to something like normalcy.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025
Lincoln wanted the American media to do more — to do more about Cuba, to rouse themselves.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Mar. 2025
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Mar. 2025
There are some moments when The Actor does rouse with inspired romantic set pieces and funny reflections on the whole business of performing.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
But the polling indicates that Trump’s absurdity may have roused Canadians to something like normalcy.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025
Lincoln wanted the American media to do more — to do more about Cuba, to rouse themselves.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rouse
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In a post on Reddit, the woman said that her husband, 53, woke her up on her birthday to tell her there was a surprise waiting downstairs.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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For Harry’s traditional friends, being woke was not a good thing.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
19 Mar. 2025
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Carroll, in an interview before his death, recalled being awoken one night at 3:30 a.m. by a ringing phone from a top skating official.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2025
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In both, the protagonist is awoken by the game’s main heroine, have completely lost their memory, and both focus on the survivors of a great calamity — with Earth being destroyed in Xenoblade, and Ganon destroying Hyrule in Zelda.—
Hayes Madsen,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2025
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The 8-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to … Continue reading Police: 2 boys shot, one fatally in South Shore Chicago Tribune A sleeping Taylor was awakened by a loud noise and found Josiah with a gunshot to the head, according to police.—
William Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2025
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At sunrise, the desert awakens with the calls of cactus wrens and the scurrying of jackrabbits while the striking silhouettes of saguaro cacti stretch toward the sky.—
Visit Tucson,
AFAR Media,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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This was music meant to arouse wonder and yearning.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2025
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There were clumps of diseased needles and black limbs killed by lightning long ago, but nothing else to arouse any interest.—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Rouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rouse. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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