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For RISE, below is one of 387 sentences:
There are plenty of fish in the river, and good baits on my line, but the fish are getting clever and refuse to rise to the bait today.

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 Meanings and Examples of RISE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
rise
 v.  get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture
 n.  an upward movement
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He saw the rise of the colour in Mattie's averted cheek, and the quick lifting of Zeena's head.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
2  Half-way down there was a sudden drop, then a rise, and after that another long delirious descent.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  Here under his feet would rise a house of whitewashed brick.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
4  When the last forkful of pork and chicken and mutton had been eaten, Scarlett hoped the time had come when India would rise and suggest that the ladies retire to the house.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
5  The languor of midday had taken hold of the gathering, but underneath lurked tempers that could rise to killing heights in a second and flare out as quickly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  Her temper was beginning to rise again at the thought that this rude and impertinent man had heard everything--heard things she now wished she had died before she ever uttered.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
7  With quiet restored and with the new sights that met her eyes, Scarlest's spirits began to rise a little.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
8  Speculators swarmed Wilmington and, having the ready cash, bought up boatloads of goods and held them for a rise in prices.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
9  The rise always came, for with the increasing scarcity of necessities, prices leaped higher by the month.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
10  With the rise in prices, Confederate money sank, and with its rapid fall there rose a wild passion for luxuries.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
11  From far down the street she could hear the rise and fall and roar of many voices.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
12  Then finally having found it, the horse sank in the traces and refused to move, refused to rise even when she and Prissy tugged at the bridle.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
13  Then Scarlett saw with relief the faint rise and fall of her shallow breathing and knew that Melanie had survived the night.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
14  Then they topped the rise and before them lay the oaks of Tara, a towering dark mass against the darkening sky.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
15  Surely, when she entered that room, Mother would again be sitting there before the secretary and would look up, quill poised, and rise with sweet fragrance and rustling hoops to meet her tired daughter.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
Example Sentence: (177 in 12 pages)
16  The last decade has witnessed a serious rise in the levels of racism and hostility to Black and ethnic groups.
17  Insulin is used to control the rise of glucose levels in the blood.
18  The recent rise in crime is a matter of considerable public concern.
19  Prices continue to rise month after month.
20  The rise in crime is mainly due to social and economic factors.
21  It is not possible to observe this phenomenon directly, but its effects can be seen in the rise in global temperatures.
22  Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
23  Who makes everything right must rise early.
24  The rise in unemployment is seen as indicative of a new economic recession.
25  The paper's price rise will encourage readers to desert in even greater numbers.
26  With an upward trend in inflation, you expect prices to rise.
27  We expect a rise in both our production and our cash flow.
28  One may sooner fall than rise.
29  There are plenty of fish in the river, and good baits on my line, but the fish are getting clever and refuse to rise to the bait today.
30  Gas charges will rise in July.