arousing
- present participle of arouse.
Example Sentences
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"The continuation of the trial is tearing us apart from within, arousing fierce divisions, intensifying rifts."
From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025
Earlier in its voyage, the vessel passed by Denmark at around the time of the drone incursions, which began late on Sept. 22, arousing the suspicion of investigators, a French official said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 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
He was actually smiling now, and when the crowd greeted a particularly good save with arousing chorus of the old favorite “Weasley Is Our King,” he pretended to conduct them from on high.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
