Sentence examples for aroused only from inspiring English sources

The news aroused only muffled enthusiasm.

In 1932 the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco presented an exhibit of works by Group f.64, which aroused only mild public and critical interest.

In January, 1952, Truman's speech was lacking in snap and, the Times noted the next day, "aroused only mild enthusiasm" in the House chamber.

Religion and politics were joined in the career of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, an orthodox Maharashtrian Brahman who believed that the people of India could be aroused only by appeals couched in religious terms.

The decree aroused only muted controversy, yet it called into question the point of holding a referendum in the first place.Despite efforts at dialogue with the disparate political groups that led Egypt's revolution, the army has often appeared reluctant to move except to stave off renewed protests.

It is also tempting to link the new pattern of forces in the Peloponnese, which enabled Argos to recover sufficiently to conquer Mycenae (460s) while Sparta was preoccupied elsewhere, with the activities of Cleomenes toward the end of his life and the expectations he had aroused only to disappoint.

The sin that brought about Philomena's plight arouses only his uncomprehending contempt: "Why would God bestow upon us a sexual desire he expects us to resist?" Martin's confederate looks even better placed to bring about Rome's comeuppance.

Though it should be noted that "arousing" only indicates a generally heightened state of awareness or attention.

The pragmatic pleasure had in beholding beauty is only contingently aroused, but in point of fact it always is aroused by such beholding, because the having of an intuition is an act of mind, and therefore the will is brought into play.

Do not attempt to think about this before becoming becoming aroused; but concentrate on it only after you have started, so that at the moment of orgasm it dominates your mind completely.

The interest and enthusiasm of farmers and their wives must be aroused, not only in increasing production but in seeing that the grain reaches the market on time.