rouser
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I can also acknowledge that “Can’t Hold Us” is a rouser that gets people pumped up, too.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2022
Far from a rabble rouser, the 6-foot-7 Prince grew up in Liberty Hill, Texas, embarrassed about her height, slumping her shoulders and keeping her thoughts to herself in an effort to fit in.
From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2022
Clyburn campaigned for Brown, and was joined by House Homeland Security Committee Chair Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, who took a dig at Turner’s reputation as a rabble rouser.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2021
McMurphy is a gambler and rabble rouser who faked insanity to serve a prison sentence in the hospital instead of at a prison work farm.
From Salon • Aug. 4, 2020
Now Antiphates begat Oicles the great-hearted, and Oicles Amphiaraus, the rouser of the host, whom Zeus, lord of the aegis, and Apollo loved with all manner of love.
From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Lang, Andrew
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