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Example sentences for "aroused"

Lexicographically close words:
arose; around; aroundt; arousal; arouse; arouses; arousing; arowe; arowes; arpeggio
  1. Somehow or other, the fond, satisfied look Ethel bestowed upon her lord aroused anew in their friend an old, teasing spirit of envy of nature's bounty to another, denied to him.

  2. Mrs. Myrtle's heavy tread upon her own parquet floor aroused him from meditation.

  3. I have done everything foolish, everything foreign to my principles and habits, to satisfy, or to get away from, the feeling the sight of you aroused in me.

  4. The month of July was upon the wane before husband and wife seemingly aroused to the recollection that their idyl was about to be interrupted by the invasion of a third person.

  5. Evelyn, in whom the novelty as well as beauty of the scene had aroused fresh spirit, looked more like her old self than her fond father had seen her for many a long day.

  6. I at last told him of the suspicions the behaviour of the horrid dog had aroused in the minds of the officers; and entreated him, by every argument I could think of, to let me manage the affair as best I could.

  7. Some of the Indians brought us water, and Nita, when she saw what we were about, aroused herself to help us.

  8. The report of the pistol aroused my father, who could scarcely believe what had occurred.

  9. I was aroused by a shout from Ned Gale, who had taken Pedro's place.

  10. My father's military ardour was aroused at the sight.

  11. I was aroused by the sound of a bugle, and found the soldiers getting under arms and preparing to march.

  12. The boy, aroused at once from his nap, sat up at his comrade's summons.

  13. Berghoff, who had been aroused by the cries of his aides when Rob escaped from the hut, came up to the lad, keeping him covered with his wicked-looking "gun.

  14. This work started soon after the Reformation, and the intense interest aroused in God's Word by that movement is the true cause of it.

  15. The opposition which great men aroused during their lifetime lives after them, and crops out again on a given occasion.

  16. We were, I suppose, passing near their nests and thus aroused their ire.

  17. Before the shadows had lengthened in the court above, however, the sound of our door being unbarred aroused us from our lethargy, and a moment later, three soldiers entered and told us to prepare to go before the great ruler Samory.

  18. My action, as I fully expected it would, aroused the intense ire of his companions and all released Liola, now insensible, and sprang at me, their ready knives flashing in the sunlight.

  19. So much for the human love aroused by the faith-state.

  20. Example: Henri Perreyve writes to Gratry: "I do not know how to deal with the happiness which you aroused in me this morning.

  21. I felt as if I had been aroused intentionally, and at first thought some one was breaking into the house.

  22. He told Margie his history, and it aroused her pity; but when he asked her love, she refused him gently, telling him that her heart was another's.

  23. Linmere was nervous enough to be excited to anger by the variest trifle, and the dog's disobedience aroused his rage.

  24. The inquest upon Jules aroused some bother; and about ninety-and-nine separate and distinct rumours.

  25. The next morning the high-born guests of the Grand Babylon were aroused by a rumour that by some accident the millionaire proprietor of the hôtel had remained all night locked up m the lift.

  26. The terrific noise and bustle of breaking down the door seemed not to have aroused him from his lethargy, but when Prince Aribert spoke to him in German he looked at his uncle.

  27. These words, spoken by a servant to Theodore Racksole, aroused the millionaire from a reverie which had been the reverse of pleasant.

  28. The idea of this woman, this bureau clerk, stopping his progress and that of Prince Aribert by means of a bread-knife aroused his sense of humour.

  29. The war now became so barbarous,” says the author of The War of 1812, “that it is impossible to imagine within what limits an enemy whose wrath has been aroused by wholesale ruin and destruction will confine his vengeance.

  30. In Moscow the popular enthusiasm aroused by his appointment was so great that the people exchanged congratulatory embraces in the streets.

  31. It was not the ideas, but the ideas in the mouth of Peter Magnus which aroused my fury.

  32. It must have something to do with a funeral, then," she said, with a flippancy that would have aroused the suspicions of a more observant person.

  33. This germ of dissension more than once aroused the fears of Louis Cornbutte and Penellan.

  34. His pride was still more aroused after the crisis to which his strange visitor had hurried him so treacherously, and he resolved to overcome, by the force of genius, the malign influence which weighed upon his work and himself.

  35. But they counted without their hosts, or rather without this strange epidemic, which, radically changing the character of the Quiquendonians, aroused their dormant vengeance.

  36. It was evident that Antiochus was terribly in earnest, and that if his wrath were aroused by opposition, the horrors which had been witnessed at Jerusalem might be repeated at Modin.

  37. While the stars yet gleamed in the sky, the lady aroused Anna, who was slumbering heavily at her feet.

  38. The fierce prejudices of race were only too easily aroused in that assembly of Hebrew warriors, and if Jasher were blamed by some of his auditors, it was for allowing that any Athenian could be either wise or good.

  39. Conscience would no longer be silenced--Zarah had aroused the sleeper; beside the faith and purity of his own child, Pollux had regarded himself almost as a demon!

  40. Not so Master Blount, in whom the British bulldog had become aroused even to the showing of his teeth.

  41. The interest had aroused their expiring energies; and the journey was pursued by them with more animation than before.

  42. The thrill of pleasure that passed through their frames as they felt their feet upon terra firma for a moment aroused them.

  43. Weary in body and soul, they slept on till a late hour; and when aroused to consciousness by an Arab bringing their breakfast, they were surprised to see that the sun was high up in the heavens.

  44. The two individuals who had aroused his anger and jealousy were to be left near each other, buried alive, to perish in this fearful fashion.

  45. Golah then proceeded to serve out some cheni to every individual on the ground, but none was given to the woman who had aroused his anger, nor to Colin.

  46. She had bestowed favour upon a slave--a Christian dog--and had aroused the jealousy of her Mahometan lord and master.

  47. Indeed, it was not that which had aroused them; but the briny fluid getting into their mouths, and causing them that feeling of suffocation that very much resembled drowning.

  48. The behaviour of the woman who had aroused his anger showed that she was endeavouring to resign herself to some fearful mode of death.

  49. Betty's sympathies were immediately aroused and her cheeks burned with resentment at the sudden vision of this girl at her side trudging through the woods, her back bent under heavy burdens.

  50. In the first place Betty had begged that the story be kept from Polly as Nan was her especial protegee, and seeing what a storm had been aroused in camp she herself felt more than sorry ever to have mentioned her loss.

  51. His sleep lasted long, too, and he was aroused only by some one shaking him roughly by the shoulder on the following morning.

  52. The above quotations illustrate fairly the enthusiasm aroused by a pursuit which is full of peculiar fascination.

  53. It seems strange that the abundance of ferns everywhere has not aroused more curiosity as to their names, haunts, and habits.

  54. Much the same gratitude is aroused when I see men and women spending precious summer days indoors over the card-table when they might be breathing the fragrant, life-giving air, and rejoicing in the beauty and interest of the woods and fields.

  55. Towards the end of April Perkins arrived without our baggage; for the miserable murderers of El Encanto, their cupidity aroused by the idea of getting something for nothing, had stolen it while Perkins was held prisoner at that place.

  56. This somewhat aroused Serrano, who thereupon recounted to me one of the most diabolical deeds committed by the murderous employees of the Peruvian Amazon Company that I had ever heard of up to that time.

  57. Aroused by the revelations made, several religious missions started to being in London, asking for support by public subscription to enable missionary work to be carried out and stations established in the Peruvian Amazon region.

  58. The directors of the company, aroused at length by public opinion, or the representations of the Foreign Office, sent out a commission of inquiry at the same time.

  59. The ill-treatment of the two travellers afforded an opportunity for intervention by the United States Government, even if it had not been aroused to action on grounds of humanity alone.

  60. Mentally, she was comparing Randall and Vandervent, trying to find out what it was in Randall that, during the past few hours, had depressed her, aroused her resentment.

  61. It merely stated that the Courier had learned, through authentic sources, that the district attorney's office suspected that a woman had killed Beiner, and that it was running down the clues that had aroused its suspicions.

  62. Then, again, people who cross the ocean in dories, or fast for indefinite periods, have never aroused my enthusiasm.

  63. My movements aroused Josephine, who sat up in bed and asked hoarsely what the matter was.

  64. She was asleep when Bill came in, and aroused by his footsteps, she was aware of the fleeting memory of unhappy dreams.

  65. Then she aroused the woodsman from his half-sleep to give him coffee, cup after cup of it that used up the last of their meager supply.

  66. But spring awoke the dead earth, and sleeping roots aroused with fresh forces from their torpor, and sent up green signals to the birds above.

  67. You fall asleep, but the welcome cordial has scarcely been tasted when you are aroused by a knock at the door.

  68. His interest in flying, as with many other men, was aroused by watching the birds.

  69. Interest was aroused everywhere, and newspaper correspondents hastened to interview the Wrights and photograph their machine.


  70. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "aroused" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.