Examples of rising in a Sentence
Noun
He was the leader of an armed rising against the elected government.
a great rising of the people was all it took to bring down a regime that imagined that it would endure for a thousand years
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Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 25 Nov. 2025
No kneading, no rising, no special equipment, just a few pantry staples and that signature Barefoot Contessa touch.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2025
The decision marks a policy shift by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) toward reducing borrowing costs, following data that showed hiring nearly stalled and unemployment rising.
—Gabe Whisnant
hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
The text records royal decrees including tax relief during poor Nile floods; donations to temples; the creation of a new priestly office; a festival tied to the heliacal rising of Sirius; and a calendar reform introducing a leap day every four years.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Marzocchi says the data suggest that, for now, the tremors are more the result of gases pushing superheated water up through the earth, rather than magma rising.
—Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 25 Nov. 2025
No kneading, no rising, no special equipment, just a few pantry staples and that signature Barefoot Contessa touch.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2025
The decision marks a policy shift by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) toward reducing borrowing costs, following data that showed hiring nearly stalled and unemployment rising.
—Gabe Whisnant
hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
The text records royal decrees including tax relief during poor Nile floods; donations to temples; the creation of a new priestly office; a festival tied to the heliacal rising of Sirius; and a calendar reform introducing a leap day every four years.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Rising.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rising. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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