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roused

  • past participle
    of rouse.
    rouse
    verb (used with object)
    to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc..
  • past tense form
    of rouse.
    rouse
    verb (used with object)
    to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc..

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Earlier that same night, his main rival Jonas Vingegaard was also roused from sleep outside normal testing hours for a control around 2 a.m.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

This is normally a good thing when it is roused to fight infection but also causes inflammation in the body which if persistent is associated with heart disease.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Suu Kyi spent around 15 of the following 20 years in detention, largely at her Yangon home where she often roused crowds with speeches over her boundary wall.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

They have been roused to action and then abandoned so many times, not least by American presidents.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026

Seeing me, she roused herself: she made a sort of effort to smile, and framed a few words of congratulation; but the smile expired, and the sentence was abandoned unfinished.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë