roust
verb (used with object)
to rout, as from a place.
rousting
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present participleof roust.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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In voting unanimously last week for ambassadors, Sound Transit’s governing board shunned other tactics ranging from eliminating fares to rousting people off trains for nonpayment to installing station turnstiles that require a pass or ticket.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
“We’re not going to solve anything by rousting people, but rather by dealing with it by creating a solution.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2018
In July, FBI agents raided his condominium in Alexandria, rousting Manafort and his wife from bed with a search a warrant — a tactic rarely employed in white-collar criminal cases.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2018
The years of pounding London’s streets and rousting out its ghosts are gone.
From The Guardian ● May 20, 2017
“Why on earth are you rousting me at this insane hour? Some of us are trying to sleep.”
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
