Sentence examples for were roused from inspiring English sources

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were roused

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To wake or be awoken from sleep, or from apathy.

  • To rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions

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But all of a sudden Millwall were roused, team and crowd fired up by perceived injustice.

People in midmeal around the long communal tables were roused to action.

Relatives, including the boys' grandmother, Gwendolyn Henry, 68, were roused and brought to the local precinct.

The villagers from Wethmay, which means "sleepy pig" in Burmese, were roused into action and began the series of protests.

At 11.30pm we were roused brusquely and coerced into layer on layer of clothing; 'Sun cream now or you forget later,' barked Fetaeli.

But an enraptured audience belted along all the same even a few detached chaperones accompanying young ones were roused to attention by her set's ending.

Only Macedonia were roused, often committing four men forward at a time – Allan McGregor, the Scotland goalkeeper, had to rush from his line to block Goran Pandev's close-range shot.

On Tuesday morning, Manchester City supporters were roused from what must seem like a dream as the club found itself in first place in England's Premier League with two games to play.

Fans of the original version were roused to fury over the remake's casting of women in roles that had previously been played by men; Leslie Jones, the one black woman in a leading role, was subjected to racist trolling; the movie was unable to attract a coalition of viewers sufficient to make up for the loss of embittered fan-males.

Supposedly, a miraculous white saltire appeared in the blue sky and Óengus' troops were roused to victory by the omen.

Illusions were roused.

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