rouse
verb (used with object)
to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc..
was rousing
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past progressiveof rouse.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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It was a sweltering morning and the sun shone on the Nile as the clamorous city was rousing to life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2024
For them, Bentinho’s youthful energy was rousing – he was a “digitally native” spiritual teacher who could use social media to spread wisdom to new frontiers.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2020
Rene Rodriguez said the end was rousing, but the journey there was “about as exciting as a long drive down the Florida Turnpike.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2016
There was rousing support, with England fans dominating the crowd to an even greater extent than in Rustenburg and Cape Town and loudly drowning out the vuvuzelas for the first time.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 23, 2010
From the excess of the people's sufferings and the despair of religious souls was being born a movement of apocalyptic mysticism which seemed to have secret communication with that which was rousing the Peninsula.
From Life of St. Francis of Assisi by Louise Seymour Houghton
