How to Use rally in a Sentence

rally

1 of 2 verb
  • Down to their last out, the Rangers rallied and seemed on the verge of a huge win.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Italy scored four runs in the top of the first, but Bend North rallied back in the bottom of the frame to pull within 4-3.
    oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The team trailed much of the game before rallying in the fourth quarter.
    Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The Rockets scored 49 points in the second half, and the Bucks nearly rallied.
    Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Houston rallied from a 21-0 deficit and tied the game early in the third quarter.
    Chantz Martin, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2023
  • The team of chefs hope to rally the support of their collective fan bases and pool funds.
    Camryn Brewer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Tennessee rallied to tie the game in the fifth with Little League trickery.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The yellow metal has rallied about 8% since the conflict began.
    Hardika Singh, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2023
  • En route to the Finals, his confidence never wavered as the Boston Celtics rallied from down 0-3 to force a Game 7.
    Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023
  • Royals rally in 5th inning The Royals were silenced early in the game.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2024
  • But the home team rallied in the second half, taking advantage of a brutally rough night at the foul line by the visitors.
    Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Protesters have rallied in cities across the country, demanding that Mr. Netanyahu do more to bring the hostages home.
    Matt Stevens, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
  • The catastrophe could rally people around the city, and the intense attention that could help Maryland would not last long.
    Erin Cox, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
  • In June, the members of New Haven’s first two tenants’ unions rallied outside the offices of their corporate landlord.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • For another, the facts are slowly rallying to Biden’s side.
    Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2023
  • The Orioles rallied for four runs in the next half inning, with No. 2 prospect Colton Cowser’s first major league hit providing their first run, and went on to win 6-3.
    Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2023
  • Addie Joss pitched a complete game in a losing effort that day for Cleveland as the Browns rallied for a pair of runs in the ninth inning to claim a 4-3 victory.
    Joe Noga, cleveland, 14 July 2023
  • The district put another bond on the ballot in August, and students rallied to support it.
    Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2024
  • But eventually the village rallied to the idea and welcomed Mr. Vaida’s team.
    Isabelle De Pommereau, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Over the weekend, tens of thousands of people rallied in New York City demanding an end to fossil fuels.
    Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Down a break in the second set and twice down a break in the third, Sorribes Tormo wore down Alexandrova, rallying to win in 2 hours, 27 minutes, the longest match of the tournament.
    Joe Noga, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2023
  • At the time, the community rallied together and the family set up food around their property and barn in hopes of leading their pig back home.
    Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Drivers rallied at the Cottonwood Visitors Center before the flag dropped to enjoy the open road in the national park.
    Noël Burgess, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Thousands of people rallied in Tel Aviv today to call for the release of the remaining hostages being held by Hamas militants.
    Doha Madani, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Forty-two games into this season, though, the Lakers rarely have flashed the spirit and success of the team that rallied from the play-in tournament to the Western Conference finals last year.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
  • But indexes are rallying—and Wall Street can’t quite believe it.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • But none of those numbers matter, and if the Guardians find a way to rally back and win the final two games of the homestand, Fry’s effort will be a big reason why, according to Francona.
    Joe Noga, cleveland, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Pojo is his name, and by Cooper’s telling, the saga of this 6-month-old pig has rallied her rural hamlet of Springtown into an unlikely quest.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Secret peer-to-peer discussions exploded as the most angered mods worked to rally more support.
    Paresh Dave, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The Bloomberg Commodity Index is down 9.3% so far this year, while stocks, treasuries and corporate bonds have rallied.
    Bob Henderson, WSJ, 10 July 2023
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rally

2 of 2 noun
  • Supporters held a rally for the candidate.
  • Stock prices are up after the dollar's rally yesterday.
  • Protesters staged an antiwar rally.
  • Down 15-14 in the third, Noa had three digs in one rally.
    Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The San Diego Seals went on the road (again), survived a late rally (again) and pulled off a win.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The rally started when Hess hit Sprague-Lott in the ribs with a fastball.
    Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 13 Apr. 2024
  • The visuals switch from black and white to color and cut to a Trump rally.
    Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Oil prices surged in the third quarter, but Wall Street doesn’t expect the rally to last.
    Bob Henderson, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2023
  • There was a Biden rally here in New York, and there were a lot of protesters out there.
    Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Some investors say an end-of-year stock rally may be on the table, too.
    Bryan Mena, CNN, 22 Oct. 2023
  • The rally set the stage for Royals captain Salvador Perez.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Columbus did not concede again and the Ducks’ rally fell shy of a league-best 11th comeback.
    Josh Gross, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • When the progression reaches the end of the route, a rally will be held outside of Union Station.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The London rally brought out a range of acting talent from Britain.
    Manori Ravindran, Variety, 21 July 2023
  • Ana Rodriguez, whose daughter, Maite, was killed in the Uvalde school shooting, spoke at a rally in the Texas town.
    Mike Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Trump also kicked off a rally in Georgia this month with the Prison Choir recording.
    USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The blockbuster stock market rally stalled once the calendar flipped to 2024.
    Hardika Singh, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2024
  • With her 3-week-old in her arms, Lupita Lomeli, 30, joined the rally with her family.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The Wildcats needed a late rally to beat the Razorbacks 63-57.
    Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The plaintiffs, by contrast, maintained that the rally and speech were campaign events.
    Charlie Savage, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Elsewhere, stocks have soared higher this year, though the rally stalled somewhat this week.
    Krystal Hur, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
  • And Nathaniel Lowe, who slid out of the No. 3 spot for the first time in a game he’s started this season, started another rally out of the No. 5 spot.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 20 June 2023
  • Saturday’s rally was Mr. Trump’s first event in New Hampshire in more than a month.
    Michael Gold, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2023
  • The rally marked the latest in a series of swings that sent the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury, which falls when bond prices rise, leaping and diving throughout the past 12 months.
    Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Live Coverage Feed 4 hours ago The stock-market rally is revving up.
    Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Rumble’s stock dropped more than 5% to $8 after a big rally on Tuesday.
    Laura Bratton, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Stocks swept higher Thursday, revving the longest rally for Wall Street in a year and a half into a higher gear.
    Bran Strickland | , al, 16 June 2023
  • At Friday’s rally, Trump and a fleet of surrogates took aim at Haley on that front.
    Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The pain of those families and others was felt at the funeral service and rally.
    Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2024
  • García, who walked to start a two-out, two-run rally in the fifth made the first out of the seventh on a grounder to second with the infield in with runners on second and third.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 7 July 2023

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