rose (to)

past tense of rise (to)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rose (to)
Verb
  • Leslie Jones once cracked up everyone at Saturday Night Live, including the top dog of the show.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
  • One room cracked up at a vulgar joke about a woman’s behind, while another went for an outrageous and surreal midfilm montage — but each bit was made genuinely funnier by the dozens of people gasping and wheezing over it.
    Robert Rubsam, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Rowland also shared a video of Titan blowing out the candles on his Lakers birthday cake as his parents clapped in celebration.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The television replay didn’t reveal which Patriot, if any, clapped.
    Josh Kendall, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Artist David Banner, Pastor Shirley Caesar and business entrepreneur Janice Bryant Howroyd will be saluted at the 2025 HBCU Honors.
    Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Fire Rescue trucks hung a giant American flag, and officers saluted as Cajuso’s body was carried away in an ambulance.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Participants at the panel applauded the program but said a few adjustments would give major studios more confidence in utilizing it.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
  • One reviewer applauded its multipurpose design and used it as a serving tray for hors d'oeuvres and to display their electric candles.
    Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Over the last five decades, artist and filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson has been internationally acclaimed for her art and films.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Prey remains the most critically acclaimed in the alien series at 94%.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • This novel was nominated for the Booker prize in 2021 and was praised for being genre-bending.
    Amber McBride, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Chu praised Kerstein, likening the art of editing each musical number to a different puzzle.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Musk won’t necessarily get all of that money, or even a cent of it, if the package is approved.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
  • During Wednesday’s hearing, the judge approved a motion allowing defense attorneys for Cullum, Twombly and co-defendant Tifany Adams to access jail phone calls and text messages made by all five defendants in the case.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The Manchester United alum — widely hailed as one of the greatest players of his generation — retired from professional football in 2013 after a storied career.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • While Holliday played Flo, Ladd was cast as singing waitress Belle who, like Ladd, hailed from Mississippi.
    Tom Tapp, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Rose (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rose%20%28to%29. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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