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• Her rousing speech gave an upbeat tone to the rest of the evening.From the entry tone
• He lay adoze, rousing only when someone came too close.From the entry adoze
• The master had them collected into the most roomy negrohouse, and a rousing fire made.2004 January 1, Jefferson's Nephews: A Frontier Tragedy, U of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 260. From the entry negrohouse
• Rousing itself to flight, its wings are like clouds suspended in the sky.1994, Zhuangzi, trans. Victor Mair, Wandering on the Way: Early Taoist Tales and Parables of Chuang Tzu, page 3. From the entry tricent
• Margaret Cerullo gave a rousing speech, despite the pesky interruptions of a cranky sound system.1987 December 6, Kris Kleindienst, “Sex On The Table”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 21, page 6. From the entry cranky
• There's plenty of other rousing music around, so how about dumping some of those armed forces standards.1983 December 3, Jolanta Benal, “Spandex, Sousa, Bad Politics”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 6. From the entry standard
• “And a rousing toodle-oo to you, you young blot on the landscape,” she replied cordially.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter I, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC. From the entry whom
• Give him a rousing fine kick now and again where it wouldn't blind him.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 298. From the entry howandever
• Sometimes people aren't available for a rousing night of "Netflix and chill." - Can't change someone or fix them.2015, Greg Figueroa, The Unwritten Rules of Dating, page 7. From the entry Netflix and chill
• The crowd gave him a rousing, minuteslong, standing ovation.2006, Katheryn Russell-Brown, Protecting our own: race, crime, and African Americans, page 48. From the entry minuteslong
• 'Well, well!' says I, kind of rousing up.1907, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Telemachus, Friend”, in Heart of the West, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company…. From the entry rouse
• Two years ago Scotland started against England here, following a rousing rendition of Flower of Scotland, like a deflated set of bagpipes.2018 February 24, Paul Rees, “Finn Russell masterminds historic Scotland victory over England”, in The Guardian, London, archived from the…. From the entry Auld Enemy
• The “Pastoral Symphony,” often milked for a lullabylike sentimentality, became a rousing country dance, and the sprint was on until the end of Part 1.2008 March 12, Bernard Holland, “Music in Review”, in New York Times. From the entry lullabylike
• The rousing lion dance that capped their performance provided the right touch of "yang" without destroying the distinct feel of something gay, Asian and new.1985 August 17, S. H. Chua, “IGA Smashes Borders”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 6, page 10. From the entry yang
• At such times when the cafard of the city seized her, I was at my wits' end to devise a means of rousing her.1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine. From the entry cafard
• James's Street or Piccadilly and setting up without more ado a barricade and rousing a mob to defend freedom, justice and democracy.1930, Winston S[pencer] Churchill, “I Leave the Army”, in My Early Life: A Roving Commission, London: Thornton Butterworth […], published…. From the entry rouse
• Yeah, going for a brewski after a rousing game of touch football with your work team will help you replenish your protein better than a glass of chardonnay.2013 September 30, Keri Glassman, “Vitamin B? Why beer is good for your health”, in CNN. From the entry brewski
• So, with a sigh, because novels so often provide an anodyne and not an antidote, glide one into torpid slumbers instead of rousing one with a burning brand.1929, Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own, page 79. From the entry anodyne

Meaning of rousing

1. adjective That rouses or excites.
2. noun The act by which somebody or something is roused.

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How do you use rousing in a sentence?

Rousing is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “Her rousing speech gave an upbeat tone to the rest of the evening.”

What is a short sentence with rousing?

“'Well, well!' says I, kind of rousing up.”

What does rousing mean?

Rousing means that rouses or excites.