arousing
Example Sentences
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What is certain is that “Now I Surrender” stubbornly fights against the kind of engagement its author is preternaturally good at arousing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
"The continuation of the trial is tearing us apart from within, arousing fierce divisions, intensifying rifts."
From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025
Their only sin, as things stand, is arousing disgust.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2025
"They provide heads of state and government with a good excuse to break existing schedules for urgent discussions on current problems without arousing public expectations," he wrote in his book, Diplomacy: Theory and Practice.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2025
Violet had very few materials with which to invent something, and she didn’t want to wander around the house looking for more for fear of arousing the suspicions of Count Olaf and his troupe.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
