rise - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • give: For instance, spasm of muscles may give rise to writer's or musician's cramp.

Object

  • star: A senior minister said: " There are precious few rising stars knocking at the Cabinet door.
  • sun: How many have passed this way To gaze at rising sun?
  • unemployment: Consumer confidence is falling against a backdrop of high consumer debt and fear of rising unemployment.

Adjective modifier

  • sharp: Certain aspects of social exclusion of children have seen sharp rises in the last few years.
  • steep: This comparison verifies the steep rise of the gluon density at low x with a precision of @ 15-20 % .
  • dramatic: The overall stability in UK inactivity rates covers a dramatic fall for women and a dramatic rise for men.
  • inexorable: Excellent news for fans of quality radio, as the inexorable rise of Lauren Laverne continues apace.

Noun used with modifier

  • cent: The ASTI is pursuing a claim for a 30 per cent rise in pay.
  • pay: In autumn 2004 workers at the depot were offered a 10 percent pay rise in return for giving up union bargaining rights.

Preposition: in

  • popularity: Today travel bosses said the trend in web booking was a direct result of the rise in popularity of low-fare airlines.

Preposition: from

  • dead: No Scripture gives an account of anyone seeing Jesus rise from the dead.

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