roust
verb (used with object)
to rout, as from a place.
rousted
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past participleof roust.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof roust.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
roustverb (used with object)to rout, as from a place.
Example Sentences
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Eastern on July 20, bleary-eyed kids were rousted from their beds so they could tell their grandchildren they witnessed an epic event.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Just when they have found a welcoming home, these wandering warriors may be on the verge of getting rousted again.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
On Father’s Day 2002, two men showed up at the Pattersons’ California home around 4 a.m. and rousted him out of bed.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
When I was a kid, Richard and Mildred Loving were rousted from their wedding bed by police for the crime of getting married; he was white and she was Black.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2021
Then, late that afternoon, he rousted him out and put him on the bus, with the rest of the boys, headed for the regatta course.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
