Use "roust" in a sentence

1. Suddenly, Ozzie abandoned his attempts to roust me and leaped, hissing frantically, to the arm of the sofa

2. Why is it so hard, though, for many of us to admit that Kennedy and Johnson committed even more? Kennedy used the FBI to roust steel executives from their beds in the middle of the night

3. Matter of fact, secretly, I think Grandpa was showing off — putting his bare hand in harm’s way only when watching eyes were around him, and then, in the private moments of gathering the eggs by himself, I’m sure that he would sneak his large heavy-duty, Kevlar strength glove onto his aching hand, and roust those hens from their nest — the easier, less-painful way

4. Because Arthur rejected the idea that Jews were members of a “race,” he was vehemently against collective phrases such as the Jewish people and launched a campaign to roust them from the Times

5. The chosen thought to roust me out by knocking with his boldest hand

6. He had blustered at every student by the lake, not even bothering to roust them from the grassy hill and toward their classes, but just snatching the newspapers from them

7. “We can roust him and share

8. We came here to roust a conqueror and received instead an unarmed welcome coupled with news that the abbey has embraced their conqueror