rouse

Example Sentences

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However, if the U.S. bats do not rouse from their slumber, the championship game will be a game the Americans curse forever.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

These alarm clocks have novel ways to rouse deep sleepers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Needless to say, the Scots will need to raise their level to have any hope of ending that 27-year hoodoo, so how does Clarke rouse his team for a seismic camp?

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

"The border with Lithuania is in 30 minutes," the assistant shouted to rouse slumbering passengers.

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

It was no easy matter to rouse the torpid, bewildered does and make them understand what they had to do.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams