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
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
There are the brothers whose grandfather is said to have roused his own brother out of bed and marched him down to a boxcar, now cast on opposite sides of the divide.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2018
But now, all around me, the flame trees have roused from their long, dry sleep into walls of scarlet blossom.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
