How to Use rise in a Sentence

rise

1 of 2 verb
  • 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 stock can still rise sharply.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • None of the stars would rise or set.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks.
    — Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026
  • And so a rising tide lifts all boats.
    — Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • But in the fourth, the Padres rose up en masse.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Empires rose and fell around it.
    — Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • And their star was still rising.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, NPR, 14 June 2026
  • At the same time, the stakes keep rising.
    — Sheri Bachstein, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Sighs of pity rose around the gallows.
    — George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The stock has risen more than 50% year to date.
    — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The boy’s shoulders rose and fell.
    — George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Oil prices rose amid the exchange of fire.
    — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 7 June 2026
  • And his heater shows up as a heater and then rises.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
  • So, there's room for the prices to rise as long as the strait stays closed.
    — CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The index has risen more than 8% this year.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Smoke rose over the city on Sunday.
    — Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2025
  • His rifled shot rose into the roof of the net.
    — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 31 May 2026
  • Unframed art is a rising trend for the year ahead.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The title has been won, the standard has risen.
    — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
  • When that trust exists, people rise to meet it.
    — Keith Krach, Fortune, 7 June 2026
  • Union rose two places to ninth, one place behind Freiburg.
    — ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Photos show thick black smoke rising from the scene.
    — Sami Yousafzai, CBS News, 24 May 2026

rise

2 of 2 noun
  • We watched the rise and fall of the waves.
  • The book describes the empire's rise and fall.
  • Just to get a rise out of folks.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Here’s why tandems are on the rise.
    — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 16 May 2026
  • When is the full Worm Moon on the rise?
    — Seth Jacobson, The Providence Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Avoidant and fearful-avoidant styles have been on the rise.
    — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026
  • What follows is how a rise in oil prices affects us.
    — Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Because the rise happened in front of us.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
  • My hope was to see its response to the rise of drone warfare.
    — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Sea level rise also takes a toll.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
  • No one knows what's causing the rise in cases in younger adults.
    — CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Much of this recent growth is due to the rise of online sports bets.
    — Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • One of the macro-trends in podcasts overall is the rise of video.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Welling's own rise to fame almost doesn't feel real.
    — Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Pratt’s rise is telling us something real.
    — John Shallman, Daily News, 30 May 2026
  • From there, though, it's been a meteoric rise.
    — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 6 Feb. 2026
  • To be clear, de Passe played an enormous role in the rise of the group.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Prices in Chicago are also on the rise.
    — Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Last spring, Jakub Menšík’s rise felt inevitable.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • Tellez credits both her father and Culler for her rise.
    — Jaelen Gilkey, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Big picture, this rise in prenups is a trend Combs supports.
    — Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Ignore it, and the odds of a costly exit rise sharply.
    — Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The rise in sea levels is due to two main factors, said the report.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 23 May 2026
  • Halston was part of the rise of celebrity culture.
    — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The rise has been sharper by far in the past decade than at any earlier time.
    — Jim Nowlan, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Warmer oceans threaten marine life and could lead to greater sea level rise.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 1 July 2026
  • That’s where the rise of clipfarming comes into play.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Here’s what experts said about Kim Ju Ae’s rise.
    — Marissa Martinez, NBC news, 27 Feb. 2026
  • But the rise of the AfD party has shaken that up.
    — Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • But with the rise of AI, that logic is flipping.
    — Big Think, 16 Oct. 2025

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