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- verb Present participle of
arouse . - adjective That or who arouses or arouse.
- noun rare An act or occurrence in which something is
aroused
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Examples
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The perception of those much younger than us as sexually arousing is completely interwoven into our culture.
THE ILLUSION OF HOME AS SANCTUARY FOR CHILDREN Maggie Jochild 2007
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One probable reason for Cormack's difficulty in arousing interest in his experiments was that the computers of the time were incapable of executing - within a reasonable amount of time - the enormous calculations the procedure required.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1979 - Presentation Speech 1992
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However, Florey succeeded in arousing the interest of the authorities in the
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The question is, will we rise to the situation, will we do our duty, will we aid in arousing public opinion to the danger which lies ahead of us?
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It is, I think, the duty of Canada to give trumpet-tongued expression to Canadian public opinion against such fiendish doctrines; to broadcast her views throughout the world; to take the lead, if needs be, in arousing other nations, and thus to produce a world opinion that man is subject to divine laws.
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After considerable shouting and knocking at doors along the passage, he succeeded in arousing the landlady, who came in, buttoning her blouse.
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The value of these groups consisted almost entirely in arousing a higher imagination and in giving the children the opportunity which they could not have in the crowded schools, for initiative and for independent social relationships.
Twenty Years at Hull-House, With Autobiographical Notes 1910
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Raymon had the art of being often culpable without arousing hatred, often eccentric without being offensive; indeed he sometimes succeeded in arousing the pity of people who had the most reason to complain of him.
Indiana 1900
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Not succeeding in arousing enthusiasm for our school of household science, we next turned our attention to what could be done in the way of establishing a housekeepers 'emergency bureau, which is, as its name indicates, to supply temporary help, the employe returning to her home each day.
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They were so repulsive that instead of appealing to one's sympathy they only succeed in arousing one's disgust.
Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days 1890
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