verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a rousing welcome (= a noisy welcome that shows approval )
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The audience gave the band a rousing welcome.
a rousing/stirring speech (= making people feel excited and eager to do something )
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Thousands of people were inspired by his stirring speeches.
an enthusiastic/rapturous/rousing reception (= in which people show a lot of approval in a noisy way )
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She received an enthusiastic reception.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
sleep
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It may have been the horse that roused me from my sleep .
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Rockford is roused from his sleep by Los Angeles' finest, handcuffed and hauled to the precinct.
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Hours later Paige was roused from a deep sleep by a hand on her shoulder.
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What sounds like a distant waterfall rouses me from sleep in the early morning.
■ VERB
try
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Now she did not even wish to try , for fear of rousing up something terrible.
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Disappointed, they may revert to leaving him alone before trying to rouse him again a few hours or days later.
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We tried to rouse him but to no effect.
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He tried to rouse Stephen but, unable to, came down to tell us.
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How many times had she reached out to him, trying to rouse the passion they used to share?
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After trying in vain to rouse it, she stuffed it back in her pocket.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Around 2 a.m., I was roused by the sound of screaming.
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He found Paula fast asleep in bed, and nothing would rouse her.
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I was roused from my sleep the sound of a door banging shut.
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Kemp's speech roused the crowd to cheers.
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The project is a NASA scheme to rouse interest in science and space.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It rouses far-off memories of infancy, of being handled and given comfort.
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Outside the sealed city, the advent of the round ship Adorno roused the kingdom.
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Some left couches of sickness, roused to new strength at the call to arms.
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Then they roused themselves, surprised that some one was actually going to use the microphone.
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This is fine, provided you are able to rouse yourself again for dinner!
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What sounds like a distant waterfall rouses me from sleep in the early morning.