AROUSAL in a Sentence

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Even Gerald had aroused a little and stumped off across the furrowed fields, one hand on Pork's arm and a coil of rope in the other.

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 Meanings and Examples of AROUSAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
arousal
 n.  act of awaking from sleep; arousing from what is like sleep
Classic Sentence: (139 in 10 pages)
1  He went about his campaign slowly, subtly, not arousing the suspicions of Atlanta by the spectacle of a leopard trying to change his spots overnight.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
2  Those negroes who are attempting to make the lynching of individuals of their race a means for arousing the worst passions of their kind are playing with a dangerous sentiment.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Context  Highlight   In II
3  He endeavored, in a general way, to express a particular disapproval, and only succeeded in arousing the ire and opposition of his father-in-law.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXIII
4  In an instant the whole camp was in motion; the meanest soldier arousing from his lair to witness the departure of his comrades, and to share in the excitement and incidents of the hour.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
5  An icy dew had chilled his face, and immediately upon arousing he curled farther down into his blanket.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
6  "She let the hawk fly upward from her wide right sleeve," went the song, arousing an involuntary sensation of courage and cheerfulness.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
7  The tune, played with precision and in exact time, began to thrill in the hearts of Nicholas and Natasha, arousing in them the same kind of sober mirth as radiated from Anisya Fedorovna's whole being.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII
8  I sat up in bed by way of arousing this said brain: it was a chilly night; I covered my shoulders with a shawl, and then I proceeded to think again with all my might.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
9  This precaution in attracting her attention was to avoid arousing the suspicions of her grandfather.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 11 The Dishonesty of an Honest Woman
10  This arousing their suspicion, led them to disclose their designs and endeavour to carry them out.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI.
11  The delay would give her time to quiet her breathing and calm her face so that his suspicions would not be aroused.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
12  This aroused her temper, for she cared no more about family than her father.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
13  Even Gerald had aroused a little and stumped off across the furrowed fields, one hand on Pork's arm and a coil of rope in the other.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
14  The sight of that happy possessive gesture had aroused in Scarlett all the jealous animosity which had slumbered during the months when she had thought Ashley probably dead.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
15  "Yas'm," said Mammy softly, capitulating with a suddenness which aroused all the suspicion in Scarlett's mind.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
Example Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1  When arousal is too low, we become bored, and seek out activities to stimulate our minds.
2  Use this technique to control your level of arousal.
3  They drove away slowly to avoid arousing suspicion.
4  Matt's behavior was arousing the interest of the neighbors.
5  Being stroked by a partner is usually more arousing than stroking yourself.
6  People who took football too seriously aroused deep loathing in me.
7  The proposal aroused little enthusiasm in the group.
8  It's a subject which has aroused a lot of interest.
9  Some men are aroused when their partner says erotic words to them.
10  I aroused Kyle from his sleep.
11  The speech aroused the enthusiasm of the students.
12  Their barbarous treatment of prisoners aroused great rage.
13  Throughout the winter, nothing aroused the bear from his torpor: he would not emerge until spring.
14  He was accused of being a demagogue because he made promises that aroused futile hopes in his listeners.
15  To place something else at the center may arouse fears that superstition and non-scientific ideas will attack an undefended citadel of science.