The phrase "ability to arouse a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing someone's capacity to evoke emotions, reactions, or interest in others.
Example: "The author's ability to arouse a sense of nostalgia in readers is one of the reasons for the book's popularity."
Alternatives: "capacity to evoke a" or "skill to stimulate a".
The ability to arouse a smile has been the motivator for everything Wozniak does.
When women compare notes on men, the cliched criteria of size and staying power seem to matter less than a lover's ability to arouse a woman through more subtly affectionate gestures.
His gift is the ability to arouse a noxious farrago of emotions among white people, from white resentment and rage to the faux victimhood clustered in the phrase: "We cannot afford to be so politically correct anymore".
In agreement with the report of El Kholy et al. [ 45] and Kumar et al. [ 5], the liver cells have innate ability to arouse and maintain defense against oxidant by secreting more antioxidants.
The results show that pictures with an ability to arouse participants' behavioural intention for further experience can evoke enhanced N300 and LPPs (late positive potentials) in central-parietal, parietal and occipital regions.
The scheme to annihilate the Abteiling chief depends on Leamas's ability to arouse the jealousy of Mundt's ambitious deputy, Fiedler, an idealistic Jewish Communist.
–How would you evaluate the information for its clarity, usefulness, and ability to arouse interest in the target audience?
Soon, her ability to arouse piques the attention of Cristal Connors, performed by the wickedly absurd Gina Gershon.
"They're dying in situ and do not have the ability to arouse from their deep torpor".
Megadeth - Headcrusher (From Noisecreep) Poodle-haired proponents of widdly meathead metal return with yet another track that's awesome in its ability to arouse ambiguity.
