rouse
verb (used with object)
to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc..
will rouse
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future tenseof rouse.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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It’s possible that then, more evangelicals will rouse themselves to organize against it, as they did in the ’90s.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2025
When Georgette Darby has one of her bad days, she knows what will rouse her from her Hollywood apartment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2024
You can be woken in the middle of the night if you wish—and there are apps that will rouse you at the right moment—but you can’t do anything about cloudy skies or daylight.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 22, 2019
As social criticism, The Land of Plenty will rouse plenty of disagreement, but as a tragically true story of human beings it will hit home to most men of good will.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sometimes nothing will rouse her from her bed, from a somnolence that coats the very air she breathes.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
