Example Sentences

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No one seems pleased to be roused from dreams.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Jones' performance was the type that can have a lasting effect on a fighter's career but he and Wood roused the fans on a night when the atmosphere was sometimes flat at the O2 Arena.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s cryptic weekend tweet has roused speculation about whether he is planning to build a semiconductor fabrication facility, or fab, something that costs tens of billions of dollars to build.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

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

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

It was early in the morning, before the prisoners were roused.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman