had rousted
- past perfect of roust.
Example Sentences
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There are many signs that the Fitzgerald had almost no warning of the approaching collision: the fact that the captain was in his cabin and that no ship-wide alarm had rousted sailors from their bunks.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2017
There are many signs that the Fitzgerald had almost no warning of the approaching collision: the fact that the captain was in his cabin and that no shipwide alarm had rousted sailors from their bunks.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2017
By the time dawn broke, authorities had rousted out of bed and taken into custody hundreds of antiapartheid activists, and assumed positions on city streets and in black townships.
From Time Magazine Archive
She wuz younger than Christopher, but he owned up to me that it wuz her example that had rousted him up to exert himself.
From Samantha at the World's Fair by Grimm, Baron C. de
He had rousted out our system, sure enough.
From Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven by Twain, Mark
