roust

Example Sentences

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I’d be the guy who falls asleep at 10, waking when authorities shine spotlights and blare Kenny G songs at my house to roust me out to vote.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2024

She didn’t roust a quorum of designers from their set ways.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2022

Asking the cops to roust them out of the building would have been terrible optics.

From Salon • May 1, 2022

The officers rushed to roust nearby residents out of their homes and clear the avenue.

From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2022

How else would the night watchman know when to roust his fellows out of their comfortable straw beds to begin the day’s devotions?

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife