How to Use rise in a Sentence

rise

1 of 2 verb
Definition of risenext
Synonyms for risenext
  • The tide rose and fell.
  • The wind rose in the afternoon.
  • The book has risen to the top of best-seller lists.
  • The land rises as you move away from the coast.
  • Bubbles rose to the surface of water.
  • Smoke was rising into the air.
  • The market is continuing to rise.
  • People are angry about rising gasoline prices.
  • The words would rise, the way the sun and the moon always did.
    — Jon Mooallem, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2023
  • As the value of the team rises, Walter could sell part of the team and cash in.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Cardano surged more than 10%, and Solana rose by some 14%.
    — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 13 July 2023
  • This means that if the dollar falls in value, the price of rare metals may rise.
    — Laxmi Corp, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The feast was prepared by Nami Nori. Williams rose to thank his guests and team.
    — Ian Malone, Vogue, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The Fed's preferred gauge showed core prices rose by 0.3% from the previous month.
    — WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The jackpot has been rising since the spring, when a $20 million prize was won in Syracuse, New York on April 18.
    — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Disney earnings rose after the bell thanks to the beat and the flurry of announcements, though the activists do not seem swayed.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2024
  • If a bolt of lightning upends the supply of a good, then its price will certainly rise.
    — Kevin A. Hassett, National Review, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Even if Hilary doesn’t inflict pain on the oil and gas industry, the risks of a storm that could cause problems have risen.
    — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
  • If the man burned down a rival company’s office, the payout would rise to $10.
    — Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2023
  • The facility waved the usual training fees for Tiafoe and his twin brother Franklin, and the two rose through the tennis ranks.
    — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Heat forces air to rise and makes the atmosphere unstable.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
  • Warmth began to rise in my throat soon after every meal, no matter how light or bland the food.
    — Moises Velasquez-Manoff, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The couple climbed Camelback Mountain in Arizona as the sun was rising.
    — Jamie Spain, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
  • But the water rose too high, even for Mitch Mitchell’s house, which was elevated over 10 feet.
    — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
  • And debtors remained at the mercy of rising interest rates that swelled the size of debt payments in a heartbeat.
    — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 18 June 2023
  • The share of median household income in the New York area eaten up by the median rent rose from 35% to 37% in that time.
    — Anna Cooban, CNN, 23 Sep. 2023
  • But a powerless display sitting idly in a room does not rise to such a level.
    — Matthew Malec, National Review, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Rashod Bateman rose in the corner of the end zone and, with one hand, snatched Lamar Jackson’s throw to his body before landing inbounds.
    — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The bacterial illness, marked by painful, scratchy throats and high fevers, has been rising for months in parts of the mid-Atlantic and the Southeast, as well.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Whether that trend of a rising labor supply can continue this year will help determine the Fed’s next steps.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2024
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rise

2 of 2 noun
  • We watched the rise and fall of the waves.
  • The book describes the empire's rise and fall.
  • One of the aspects of your career that the film talks about is your instant rise to fame.
    — Lily Moayeri, Spin, 5 Oct. 2023
  • But the Kansas City Chiefs tight end has been plotting his rise to the top for years—and he’s had some help along the way.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2024
  • If the volume of traffic rises, for instance, the Sound+Sleep SE will turn up the volume to drown it out.
    — Rachael Hogg, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Morris’ sea-level rise lessons have to do with how to deal with the Army Corps of Engineers.
    — Bill Kearney, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The pure ether chart shows the previous peak is a 66% rise away whereas the bitcoin peak is now only 32% away.
    — Clem Chambers, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • So a big focus of your book is the rise of the influencer, and a lot of this really started in the era of blogging.
    — Gideon Lichfield, WIRED, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Meanwhile, a rise in imports dragged down the latest reading.
    — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
  • His rise fits into a theme of new faces making an impact this preseason, one with the chance to work his way all the way up to the first 11 on the field against UMass.
    — Matt Cohen | [email protected], al, 19 Aug. 2023
  • However, the agency warns that the global rise in measles cases remains a threat in other parts of the world too.
    — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The big post-extinction story is the sudden rise of mammals.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Jabari Banks was even cast in the trailer as an emerging Metro Boomin to showcase their friendship on their rise to stardom.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 25 Jan. 2024
  • These moves are a response to a modern trend—the rise of stronger and stronger drinks—but also part of a pattern that dates back over a century.
    — Tom Ward, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The stock was on track for its biggest one-day rise in about two years, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
    — WSJ, 12 July 2023
  • According to the analysis, the rise comes as many as half of homebuyers are now shopping for their first home.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
  • June marked the lowest rise in annual inflation in more than two years, but rates vary across the country.
    — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 12 July 2023
  • In those workplaces, men were 30% less likely to be promoted and 19% less likely to receive a pay rise.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 5 Apr. 2024
  • German households have reduced their spending amid a sharp rise in food prices.
    — Paul Hannon, WSJ, 25 May 2023
  • This causes the Greenland ice sheet to melt more quickly, adding to sea-level rise globally.
    — Raymond Zhong, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023
  • Prime Ministers Prime’s rise to the top of its market has been nothing shy of meteoric.
    — WIRED, 13 July 2023
  • Ramsey had felt the magic and energy of Trump’s early rise as a candidate in 2015.
    — Sarah Ellison and Greg Jaffe, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Such agents have played a smaller role in transactions in recent years with the rise of platforms such as Zillow that let users search for homes on their own.
    — Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
  • John King is The Chronicle’s urban design critic, a post that ranges from parklets to sea level rise and the back-story of local icons.
    — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 May 2023
  • Given the profusion of little pusses, why was the North African wildcat the one to give rise to our household companions?
    — Jonathan Losos, Fortune Well, 5 Aug. 2023
  • BuzzFeed News, a brand synonymous with the rise of online news coverage, shuttered less than a month ago.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 15 May 2023
  • The report from the Labor Department also showed that year-over-year inflation was flat last month from a 3.7% rise in August.
    — Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Since mid-summer, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note, a benchmark for many loans, has steadily climbed, causing a spillover rise in other borrowing costs.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The decade preceding 2020 saw a drop and subsequent rise in crime, leaving the landscape mostly unchanged.
    — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Adding fuel to the fire of this debate inside Germany is the rise of the AfD, a far-right party that’s polling at around 20 percent support among the national electorate.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2024

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