rouse
verb (used with object)
to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc..
have roused
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present perfectof rouse.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Pro-business Paz took office in November promising to resolve the country's worst economic crisis in decades, but his unpopular economic reforms and failure to respond to social demands have roused public ire.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
Few of these issues have roused South Koreans in their 20s and 30s, who make up one-third of the eligible voters, as much as they did older voters.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2022
Zelensky, whose call to arms and refusal to flee his capital have roused his country and the world, vowed in the video that “we will fight as long as it takes to liberate the country.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2022
But rising inflation, an election on the horizon and a falling yen, which is driving up the cost of living, have roused a bond market dulled by years of intervention.
From Reuters ● Feb. 22, 2022
This was probably the only thing that could have roused the dying embers of Frodo’s heart and will: an attack, an attempt to wrest his treasure from him by force.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
