Example Sentences

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Roused on social media and led by the nation's young people, this protest is unlike any seen before in Nepal.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025

Roused by Obama’s victory, the Big Guy sits down at his desk and begins drawing a vast diagram of spheres of influence.

From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2022

Headlines of this era did not pull punches: “Nation Roused Against Motor Killings,” proclaimed the New York Times in 1924.

From Slate • May 18, 2022

Roused from sleep, Patrick recognized it as a seizure because he’d seen it in his prior work marketing for mental health services.

From Washington Times • Jan. 1, 2021

Roused for the first time in days from his contemplation of the Deathly Hallows, Harry hurried back inside the tent to find Ron and Hermione kneeling on the floor beside the little radio.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling