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Sentence Examples Vroom, vroom Motorsport fans in India are roused to a frenzy every time F1 speed demons whiz around on TV screens. She didn't know what had roused her from her sleep, and she sat in bed thinking for a moment. His blonde hair was still wet from the shower, so he shook cold droplets off onto Abbey's stomach, which immediately roused her from sleep. Haskell, who has been sleeping in the front passenger's seat, cannot be roused and seems to be dead or at least unconscious. What sounded like a stampede of wild rhinoceroses roused her from her sleep. Isabella roused from sleep what seemed like an eternity later, disturbed by something she could not identify. The men roused from their sleep and prepared for battle in the early hours of the morning. He roused from his sleep, being perfectly attentive the moment his eyes opened. Ryan roused as the sun beamed blearily through the gathered clouds over him, light in the early hours of dawn. Bryan was sure it was after noon when he roused from sleep, or close to it. As I roused from sleep again, my back stinging from sleeping on the floor, I heard footsteps on the stairs. I roused from the sleep one of them had put me in and I immediately got up out of the silky sheets. Miguel stirred and roused from sleep as the sound of footsteps echoed in the room and the lights came on. When they roused in the morning, Cecilia had 15 angry messages on her cell phone. Occasionally, events roused the deaf community to take political action, and these occasions provide the most interesting parts of the book. A knock on the door roused me from my seat a moment later, and I was more than a little reluctant to answer it. A quick knock on the door roused him from his deliberations, and he called out an invitation without checking the identity of the visitor. He was usually slow to anger but once his wrath was roused he made a dangerous enemy. I wasn't roused by the show, and thought, as I've said, that the repeat episode was far edgier than the newer iteration. Above all, they had been roused to anger by a recent decision of the Court to nationalize the railways. Show More Sentences Whether any of his American peers will be roused to diss him back at this point seems rather unlikely though. We quarrelled, like any couple in love and we both had terrible tempers when we were roused. The very sight of her roused such fond, nervous emotions and reassurance in him that he himself could hardly make sense of them. He was silent for some moments, and felt his hackles stir at the dread her words roused. Our daredevil ambitions are never so roused as when we're our own audience. Randon's eyes were glowing eagerly, hope roused within him that they might go to the aid of Falgrice's people after all. By the time she reached the bedroom door her alarm and curiosity were roused. Mistress Di, her curiosity roused, determined to discover the mysterious nature of their voyage. The painting Bathers at Asnieres roused little enthusiasm among the jury of the official Salon and was rejected. What seemed like seconds later, she was roused from her sleep by the sound of tapping. Hearing the temper tantrum she was throwing roused him enough to stand up and turn around to face her. The trouble is, they have roused the enemy, and a galvanised Pakistan can be a dangerous beast. In bird hunting some participants roused the birds by beating the bushes while others caught them in nets. I roused myself for the fireworks, but soon I was collapsing with tiredness again. The sudden fall of raindrops on the ceramic shingles roused Dr. Ichiro Sato from a dreamless sleep. The dawn chorus starts shortly before 4 a.m. now, and I find it impossible to sleep on once the noisy little blighters have roused me. Just when it seemed that the game was slipping away from them, Johnstown roused themselves from their slumbers. Last week the householders in two estates were roused from their slumbers prior to 7 am by workmen who were asking people to move their cars. Poets, popularly, are delicate petals, emotionally brittle and easily roused. Nick was roused from sleep with a jolt, his beeper sounding loudly next to him. Show More Sentences The crew snarled like roused curs, and some made as if to stand, hands clasping the hilts of cutlasses and swords, daggers and stilettos. She lost consciousness and next remembered coming round on the floor being roused by him and two ambulancemen. Neatly dressed, their hair slicked back, they beam as they are roused to fervour for the fatherland by their tutor. I was determined to ignore the insistent noise until Carol was roused from the couch to answer her telephone call. It was his flatmate who eventually roused them, crashing in through the front door exhorting the flat to come and see him dance the polka. The dawn chorus roused me very early again today, dragging me from snug warm covers to the desk after a slight detour to get coffee. Needless to say, the statement roused a feisty spirit intent on proving her husband wrong. She roused a wedding party of 30 and whisked them out of her jungle eco-resort. The side door bell jangled alarmingly, and Cook was roused from her place by the fire. A caller? From this deplorable apathy Cortes was roused by fresh advices urging his presence in Mexico. There he saw that his dogs had roused a wild boar from its lair, and he set off on a chase. The prospect of war has roused strong passions, drawing politicians and public figures into pro and anti positions. They have been roused to action following a passionate call to arms by Colonel of the Regiment Major General Sir Evelyn Webb-Carter. When we visited his house, a national monument from the nineteenth century, the docent who let us in seemed to have been roused from a nap. Joe was roused from his sleep by Azara promptly jumping on the bed and pulling on his arm. Just about that time Jon emerged from the house bare foot and looking much like he had just been roused from sleep. And the cat glared back, plainly annoyed at being roused from its sound sleep. The deafening echo of gunfire roused Lourdes from her sleep. The household was roused this morning by a rat-tat-tat on the door. Despite the raging fury of the Ring upon his finger, he had roused himself in one final mighty effort to meet his end as befit a great warrior and wise councilor. Show More Sentences He still hadn't roused from his sleep, and she was getting worried. The fledgling stiffened, feathers bristling as though roused by a gale. Amanda woke in darkness and for an electrified moment lay perfectly still, roused abruptly from a profound sleep by such piercing terror that she was completely disoriented. A politician of flair and dash and, when roused by the occasion, an impressive parliamentary speaker, Derby never realized the early promise of his career. Carl heard these words from far away and though they conferred on him a feeling of complete despair they roused him briefly from his speechless stupor. The Gauls tried to climb the Capitol at night, eluding the watchdogs and the Roman guard, but the flock of geese sacred to Juno spotted them and roused the Romans in time. Since the report was written by a captain who had been roused to fits of hysterical rage by Bayley's ineptitude, some serious editing had been performed. Matt's initial anger began to melt away as his curiosity was roused. When the two little fuzzballs were born, weighing maybe a pound apiece, she roused herself just enough to lick them clean and plant them on her chest. A soft knock on the door barely roused Alex from his deep sleep. Meanwhile, the worthy sorceress roused the Faerie prince and the light Elf from their luxurious slumbers with the aid of a cooking skillet and a wooden spoon. The kneeling nuns, roused from their devout abstraction, made their reverence and went away. He tried to calm me, but I was roused at last, and drawing my long knife barred his way. Our president was roused to speak out against guns by the massacre of 20 youngsters at Sandy Hook. I wasn't sure if I was still dreaming or not, but as I slowly roused from the first peaceful slumber I'd had in a week, I felt a gentle hand caressing my hair. He no doubt could have been roused to fury if a real kafir contributed to his younger brother preferring a-h-h-h-h to Allah. Whether or not that signaled a higher-profile return to politics, it was a good exit line that roused the CPAC crowd. As Jamie secured the last of the bandages, Cale finally roused. Brianna's thoughts were interrupted as a knock at the door roused her. A number of engrossing shows will also be held, of which Aladdin and the slinky show have roused a lot of interest. Show More Sentences They were prick-eared animals, roused by her voice from their business and standing now at gaze. In 1815, the sacking of Palma on the island of Sardinia by a Tunisian squadron, which carried off 158 inhabitants, roused widespread indignation. His mathematical lectures roused enthusiasm, but they were discontinued by order of the authorities. The sound of a wolf roused a sentry, however, who alerted his garrison, which forced a Viking retreat. News of Philip's death roused many states into revolt, including Thebes, Athens, Thessaly, and the Thracian tribes north of Macedon. A resident of Birmingham, his attention may have been roused by the exhibition at Soho. Liverpool started and snorted like a river-horse roused among his reeds by thunder. Dreams, whether waking or sleeping ones, continue part of us. We can't undream them. We are roused out of them, but they remain. Crew roused the man, who admitted he had drunk several beers and claimed he mistook the suit for nightclothes in the dark. When the candle burnt down, it ignited the paper and burnt the string, causing the books to fall, which roused the subincumbent sleeper, who proceeded to wake the rest. When they saw their houses burning, they were roused to greater fury. The Bructeri, Tubanti, and Usipeti were roused by the attack and ambushed Germanicus on the way to the winter quarters, but were defeated with heavy losses. Viktor Yanukovych's Ukraine is hardly the perfect democratic paradigm but is preferential to a rabble roused ochlocracy where the rule of law is the Molotov cocktail. Meanwhile, the Ents, roused by Merry and Pippin from their peaceful ways, attack Isengard, Saruman's stronghold, and trap the wizard in the tower of Orthanc. Although Bose was unsuccessful, he roused patriotic feelings in India. Thor rose from beside the rock with a prodigious whoof that roused Muskwa. Examples from Classical Literature First he roused Iris of the golden wings to speed forth and call the fair-tressed Demeter, the lovesome in beauty. Injustice has always roused me to revolt, and injustice was certainly having its fling. He was roused from this self-commune by an abrupt exclamation from his companion. The Fury first took possession of the queen, Amata, and roused her to oppose in every way the new alliance. It was evident that she had been roused from her slumber, but she was angelically good-tempered over it. In the end, shocks like these gradually roused him from his anguished abstraction. Xenophon, mounted on his charger, rode beside his men, and roused their ardour the while. He administered a backhander to Elgood as he spoke, and the next minute Charlie, roused beyond all bearing, had knocked him down. The light roused shadows which flitted silently about the corners as in batlike fear. I roused my energies, and the next time the wily beadle summoned me, I went. The closing of the door behind Northwick roused a little black figure drooping forward on the benching in one corner. Bettina, unconscious of the emotion she had roused, put the ring back in the box. The britzka was now approaching the factory, and the noise became audible and roused the musing pastor. The hatchet struck my foot, and the blow roused me, and I sprang into the boat. There is in man a similar temper, which is roused and stimulated by carnage. While gazing on the carte-de-visite she was roused from the sweet reverie it had called up by hearing footsteps outside. He chaffed Margaret too, and Margaret roused from a grave meditation was pleased and chaffed him back. We reached chetah at five in the morning and roused the inmates of the only hotel. All my passions were roused, and my mind and body kept in continual activity. Catharine could not refrain from uttering a cry of surprise which roused dariole for a moment. Show More Sentences With his direr passions had been roused up all the native powers that made them doubly dangerous. In spite of himself he slept again, and roused, feeling ill and disoriented, in total dark. She started suddenly awake, seeming to have been roused by the opening of a door. Finally his stirrings roused her and she asked him drowsily what ailed him. She roused every fevered nerve to do battle with the strong man for his son. He was roused from his flutter of satisfaction by hearing Mr. Burrows' voice. In my grandfather's time it used to be freemasonry that roused their anger. But it is only the wakefulness of the mother who is roused by the hungry crying of her infant. Halson roused himself from the reverie in which he was sitting with glazed eyes. The desire for resistance was roused in me, and I determined to pay hania in the same coin. The Doctor at once roused his servant, who was sleeping in a shelter tent pitched by the side of his. The monotonies of Mrs. smatter and the asperities of Miss Varian for once roused little opposition. From this reflection, however, he was roused by a new sally on Soane's part. He broke into camp and roused McHale from a state of somnolence and tobacco. Both had been troubled and roused, and they were drawing together with the sharpness and imperativeness of uniting elements. Unfortunately, as he arrived at this conclusion a cry from the steersman roused him. She was roused from it by the scream of a whistle, and the hoonch-hoonch of a sternwheel steamer. So Arnold hastened to try and pacify the anger that he had inadvertently roused. The doctor answered with a smile that roused the master of the house to a pitch of incontrollable fury. Besides, it roused his gorge to feel that here was an example of British ineptitude. Show More Sentences Once, when the train came to a standstill at Ismailia, Sir Richard roused himself to speech. The instinct of the nurse that exists in any woman worth her salt was roused in Jan. Once, he roused with a start and hastily got the axe out from underneath the lashings. He had sat thus for some time when he was roused by the twitching of the latchstring. She never heard the end of the story, but was roused by the laughter that followed it. But what had roused the sailor's dislike was that the lazaret contained no provisions. Max had roused at the sound of le Moyne's voice, not to suspicion, of course, but to memory. Just as she was lulling herself into a doze, that question seized and roused her. At this point of his reverie Pierre was roused by Thomas, who asked him to fetch a tool. Her will seems to be roused there by the side of the marital will which is dormant. His lassitude was noticeable, and when he roused himself it was often for trivialities. But, what roused him in violent resentment only appealed to Sidney's curiosity. These Dons have given you and the youngster a warmish time, and have roused you into a temper. The grey-haired gentleman had roused himself, and was preparing to withdraw. But the anger of Artemis was not yet soothed, and she roused a strife between the men of pleuron and the men of Kalydon. When roused, his eyes lighted like a lamp, the whole man seemed to pulsate. Cannot the Reich be roused for settlement of this Bavarian-Austrian quarrel? Clare read it aloud, often pausing to wrestle down feelings which were roused by the pathos of the story. Her suspicion of a double was roused by the wrist watch episode. Something in his tone roused a combative instinct in his companion. Show More Sentences As you may imagine, the calamity roused the rage of the competing boat. Indeed, the two friends, beating the bushes, roused a herd of kangaroos that fled and bounded along on their elastic paws. What a storm of conflicting passions this must have roused in his soul! His collar-bone was found to be dislocated, and such injury received in the back, as roused the most alarming ideas. Caroline roused up with a start, and courageously rushed to the window. My faculties, roused by the change of scene, the new field offered to hope, seemed all astir. The thought of provisions seemed to have roused them from their lethargy. But the chill damp of dewfall roused him at the first graying of dawn. She was roused by the scrunch of carriage wheels on the gravel drive. The sight of the hot food and drink roused her to a tigerish activity. He meant to have no mercy on her until he had roused her dormant caution. He was roused from his reverie by the arrival of selina's letter. So saying, he roused Machaon, who his course Through the wide host began. An electric circuit could not have more speedily roused the town. The prayer was extempore, and roused the girls to amazed attention. He was a hook-nosed man, and with that and his bright eyes and his ruffled head, bore a certain likeness to a roused bird of prey. The farrier looked fierce, and the mild butcher's conversational spirit was roused a little. A soldier, roused by the noise, unrolled his plaid, and looked up to see what was going forward. At last I roused myself from my inaction, and turning seaward walked straight into the water. Something in Richard's tone roused in her the curiosity which suspends fear. Show More Sentences The voice of frith the chauffeur roused him from gloomy reverie. Mortimer's gallant act had roused the Irishman's admiration. The snarl of the wolf had roused the sleeper from his torpor. The post, though fast asleep, roused up at the first steps of the three visitors amongst the briars and grass that invaded the porch. Eugen was tuning his violin, when a touch on the shoulder roused me. He began to want to look over his shoulder, and, as a corrective, roused himself to explore the rest of the island. If he'd been like he is most times he'd have throwed himself into one of his tantrums and roused th' house. The rush was considerable as the Sleepers roused from their hibernation. I roused Dr. Clews at the mearns, and gave him my father's message. The lodger, in the testiness of being so rudely roused, had pushed his nightcap very much on one side of his bald head. Abel's wrath was now roused, and he began to speechify and swagger. Teenagers you can't wake with a mere game of cat and mouse, but I was certain my grown-up friend would have been roused by all the commotion. Like one roused from some strange stupor, Frank staggers to his feet. From such a moralizing strain as this, she was suddenly roused by a touch on the shoulder, and turning round, perceived Mrs. There was a stealthiness in the performance that roused him to vigilance. The shock of the overturn was so violent that the young countess, roused from her lethargy, threw off her coverings and rose. He was roused from his almost lyric ecstacy, by a big double Saint-Jean cracker, which suddenly went off from the happy cabin. He was roused again by a prod of a sword, and bidden to stand up. He was roused by the sound of sawing and hammering from the tool house. But soon he had roused himself, and had picked up another curio to talk about. Show More Sentences To such a pitch of excitement are they sometimes roused, that they gamble away everything they possess, even to their wives and children. In addition, Ogilvy's wire to the Astronomical Exchange had roused every observatory in the three kingdoms. Near by, a light roused a rooster on some rooftop to let out a loud call. He was roused from his reverie by the sound of a trotting horse. The noisy delight of the children, the inspiriting effort of packing up in a hurry, roused all her energies. The lawyer roused his flagging resolution, and spoke to the purpose when he spoke next. No doubt he had invoked the help of the Holy Spirit to subdue the anger I had roused in him, and now believed he had forgiven me once more. I repeated, with a degree of irascibility that roused her to lift her eyes and look me steadily in the face. Sanchez and Cazorla teased defenders at will after the break, Arsenal roused themselves into irresistibility. The action of the nawab had roused all Zra's dormant energy. For some time Alan volleyed upon the door, and his knocking only roused the echoes of the house and neighbourhood. He pulled on his long mittens, roused the dogs to their feet, and took his Place at the gee pole. On the third rendition the latter roused from where he was slumped down. The jangling strings roused the pretended sleeper from her dreams. She hesitated in a funny, bashful manner which roused my interest. The mysterious warnings and intimations of Cassy, so far from discouraging his soul, in the end had roused it as with a heavenly call. One day the huntsman roused a stag, and the prince, thinking that the vizir was behind, gave chase, and rode so hard that he found himself alone. The door-bell rang and roused Charlotte von Kalb from her dreams. She was roused by Helen Barrett's bear-hug of congratulations. When the bells announced midnight, Sidney roused with a start. Show More Sentences I got up to get a drink of water and slipped and roused up blinker. A whiz and a rattle of grapeshot among the branches high above his head roused him from his dream. All her pride in her brother was roused, perhaps by Vincent's boasting. In the meantime he will go home, and not a suspicion will be roused. Joe was usually such a quiet, gentle little fellow that it was wonderful to see him so roused. Meanwhile, the Irish in nova Scotia had been roused against him. He roused himself, leaned over the rail, and called a caddie. Becky roused up from her lethargy of distress and showed good interest in the proceedings. It was him that roused him up yesternight, and, what's more, my man knew he was comin', for he had steam up in the launch. The premise of release which she saw in it from the horror of her own hesitation roused the last energies of her despair. One night, a few days after James had left, I had eaten my hay and was lying down in my straw fast asleep, when I was suddenly roused by the stable bell ringing very loud. Martin roused himself and sat up and began to eat, between spoonfuls reassuring Maria that he had not been talking in his sleep and that he did not have any fever. Just at this time there occurred an event which roused me somewhat from my inertia, and gave me an interest in the passing moment that I had thought impossible for me. The singularity of his conduct, however, only roused my desire to discover who this remarkable personage might be, who now engrossed the attention of every one. I confess this is the drollest thing I have ever met with in the course of my extensive foreign transactions, and you may readily suppose it has greatly roused my curiosity. I slept the afternoon away under the trees, and when my father roused me at sundown it was a very sick little boy that got up and dragged wearily homeward. In the morning Joan was roused by a great row and hullabaloo. She had another faint smile of a fugitive and unrelated kind as if she had been thinking of far-off things, then roused herself to grave animation. The night was stiflingly hot, and as Hans Breitmann and I passed him, dragging our bedding to the fore-peak of the steamer, he roused himself and chattered obscenely. The silver trump of freedom had roused my soul to eternal wakefulness. Show More Sentences May roused herself from one of the dreamy silences into which he had read so many meanings before six months of marriage had given him the key to them. This funny spectacle appeared to amuse the sun, for he burst out with such radiance that Jo woke up and roused her sisters by a hearty laugh at Amy's ornament. She and Amy had had many lively skirmishes in the course of their lives, for both had quick tempers and were apt to be violent when fairly roused. Such a portentous and mysterious monster roused all my curiosity. He awoke, roused himself up, shook himself and stretched his lazy limbs, and seeing the havoc the pigs had made with his stores he cursed the drove, and more besides. Find more words! 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