ROUSE in a Sentence
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222 example sentences for ROUSE, such as:
1. I was roused by the sound of a bell.
2. His words roused a great rage inside her.
3. The pain roused him from his drunken stupor.
4. The audience gave the band a rousing welcome.
5. The neighbourhood would begin to rouse itself.
2. His words roused a great rage inside her.
3. The pain roused him from his drunken stupor.
4. The audience gave the band a rousing welcome.
5. The neighbourhood would begin to rouse itself.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of ROUSE
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rouse
v. become active
v. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Loud as it was, it was not sufficient to rouse the two tired wayfarers above them.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
2 As Louisa feigned to rouse herself, and sat up, Sissy retired, so that she stood placidly near the bedside.
3 Lesser the risk, than rouse the slumbering fire.
4 It was as if her whole soul and body and sex had to rouse up and pass into theme stories of his.
5 And out of all the rest of Clifford's pretty wide acquaintance, there was not a man who did not rouse her contempt, when she thought of having a child by him.
6 Till at last he began to rouse and become aware of his defenceless nakedness, and she was aware that his body was loosening its clasp on her.
7 Any attempt to rouse his manhood and his pride would only make him worse: for his manhood was dead, temporarily if not finally.
8 He then relapsed into his former state; nor did he rouse himself until his attention was again awakened by the voice of his partner.
9 Fagin looked hard at the robber; and, motioning him to be silent, stooped over the bed upon the floor, and shook the sleeper to rouse him.
10 He had spoken little to either of the two men, who relieved each other in their attendance upon him; and they, for their parts, made no effort to rouse his attention.
11 He was somewhat perturbed, and his manner of informing Thomasin that he was going on a journey was in itself sufficient to rouse her suspicions.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 9 Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 9 Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together
12 Hopkins was for leaving the door of the hut open, but Holmes was of the opinion that this would rouse the suspicions of the stranger.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
Context Highlight In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
13 The neighbourhood would begin to rouse itself.
14 She could consult with her brother, could receive her sister-in-law on her arrival, and treat her with proper attention; and could strive to rouse her mother to similar exertion, and encourage her to similar forbearance.
15 But it was neither in Elinor's power, nor in her wish, to rouse such feelings in another, by her retailed explanation, as had at first been called forth in herself.
Example Sentence:
1 The dogs rouse a deer from the bushes; quickly the deer becomes the target of hunters.
2 We have to shake him for a long while to rouse him from his sleep.
3 I roused up from deep sleep when the storm came suddenly.
4 His words roused a great rage inside her.
5 The pain roused him from his drunken stupor.
6 I was roused by the sound of a bell.
7 The refreshing meal, the brilliant fire, the presence and kindness of her beloved instructress, had roused her powers among them.
8 I roused him out and say: Get up and hump yourself, Jim! There isn't a minute to lose.
9 And if I had loved him less I should have thought his accent and look of exultation savage; but, sitting by him, roused from the nightmare of parting -- called to the paradise of union -- I thought only of the bliss given me to drink in so abundant a flow.
10 We're more united than ever, we're feeling exhilarated again, rousing from a crushingly bleak freeze.
11 After reveling in a rousing Olympic summer of sporting success, Britain awoke Tuesday to another major milestone.
12 The audience gave the band a rousing welcome.