rouser
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I can also acknowledge that “Can’t Hold Us” is a rouser that gets people pumped up, too.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2022
Clyburn campaigned for Brown, and was joined by House Homeland Security Committee Chair Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, who took a dig at Turner’s reputation as a rabble rouser.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2021
McMurphy is a gambler and rabble rouser who faked insanity to serve a prison sentence in the hospital instead of at a prison work farm.
From Salon • Aug. 4, 2020
Chenoweth, whose freakishly wide-ranging voice can accommodate a multitude of styles, sang Judy Garland favorites, country and western numbers, a Carpenters hit and a gospel crowd rouser.
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2019
No, I can't say that I pay very much attention to sermons as a rule, but Pilcher gave us a regular downright, no-mistake-about-it, rouser at the Watch-night Service last night.
From Dolly Reforming Herself A Comedy in Four Acts by Jones, Henry Arthur
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