arouse

• These stories intend to shock more than arouse, and mostly succeed, especially the ones that focus on violence as a turn-on. —  Asimov's SF, Feb 2002
• I sent Yolan because I knew he would be rude to the albino and perhaps weaken his usual insouciance--arouse his curiosity.
• * By "arouse," I don't mean sexually, I am referring to Marvel and DC's ongoing use of "events" and "deaths" to arouse interest in SCSJ** instead of quality comic book storytelling that would attract a far wider audience. —  The ADD Blog at Comic Book Galaxy
• If it were not for the suspicion that it would arouse, the simplest way, of course, would be to take the steamboat and run down as far as the harbour's mouth, when we could see for ourselves whether there is a steamer in sight. —  The Cruise of the Thetis A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection
• Because of the public disgust they arouse, they have had a lot of attention, and methods for conducting this sort of mining less brutally and for reclaiming old minesites have been worked out. —  The Nation's River A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior

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