rouse

Example Sentences

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Once they were all settled, I would have a quick chat - nothing too rousing! - and then leave the dressing room.

From BBC

They skated clean thereafter and got good scores in their rousing finish – a series of Highland jigs combined with a dance lift - but the damage was done, as their overall technical score suffered greatly.

From BBC

He isn’t known for rousing oratory or catchy sound bites; the former prosecutor instead prefers to talk in long, earnest sentences about fairness and duty.

From The Wall Street Journal

Three-quarters of the way through the match, Ireland roused themselves and turned some pressure into points as substitute flanker Nick Timoney raced under the posts.

From Barron's

Suddenly Jeremy understood that it hadn't been his own appetite that had roused him from his reading at the library; it had been the dragon's, which he was somehow sharing.

From Literature