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as in to wake
to cause to stop sleeping
the honking horns roused her from a deep sleep
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as in to awake
to cease to be asleep
I finally roused around noon, after going to bed very late
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Recent Examples of rouse
In a white tux, the groom emerged to rousing applause, according to videographer Moziko Wind.
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Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
Jamie Lee Curtis delivered a rousing speech to a room full of powerful Hollywood women in a pink wig.
—Pamela Avila, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
The rousing instrumental, composed by new-age musician and longtime Entertainment Tonight co-host John Tesh, has long been beloved by basketball fans of all stripes — and was even sampled in the ‘00s on songs by star rappers Nelly and Joe Budden.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
The Dodgers are tied 2-2 after the Toronto Blue Jays delivered a rousing offensive performance and a strong pitching day from their arms.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
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Then one day in February 2025, Whitfield woke from a nightmare where Ashley was with another man.—
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Each person's circadian rhythm, often defined as the body's internal 24-hour clock, keeps the body operating on a healthy pattern of sleeping and waking.—
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The lightweight fabric is also quiet, so you won’t be awoken from crinkling material.—
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The most famous, perhaps, was of lung cancer patient David Prueitt, who swallowed a supposedly lethal dose of medication and awoke three days later.—
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Rice awakened the Immortals (including Cleopatra) in the early 1900s.—
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Your inner prankster awakens during Mercury retrograde.—
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For reasons that are quite possibly too unbearable to contemplate, a large group of American voters was not repulsed by such slander—they were actually aroused by it—and our politics have not been the same.—
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Now, Elizabeth and Michael must find a way to send her back to her time, while not arousing the suspicion of Michael’s mother and sister during their family vacation.—
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“Rouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rouse. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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