ROSE in a Sentence

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She struggled to her feet, and he rose and followed her helplessly while she spread out the pieces of glass on the kitchen dresser.

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 Meanings and Examples of ROSE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
rose
 n.  any of various wild or cultivated bushes with strong prickly stems
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  She struggled to her feet, and he rose and followed her helplessly while she spread out the pieces of glass on the kitchen dresser.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  Mattie rose obediently, and seated herself in it.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
3  Her voice rose furiously with his.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
4  He had hardly spoken when he remembered the excuse he had made for not accompanying his wife to the station the day before; and the blood rose to his frowning brows.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
5  For a moment such a flame of hate rose in him that it ran down his arm and clenched his fist against her.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
6  When supper was over she rose from her seat and pressed her hand to the flat surface over the region of her heart.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
7  All the healthy instincts of self-defence rose up in him against such waste.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
8  Tears rose in his throat and slowly burned their way to his lids.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
9  Ethan's voice rose indignantly.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
10  The sorrel, turning the same big ringed eye on him, nuzzled the palm of his hand in the same way; and one by one all the days between rose up and stood before him.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
11  The clumps of trees in the snow seemed to draw together in ruffled lumps, like birds with their heads under their wings; and the sky, as it paled, rose higher, leaving the earth more alone.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
12  Sensing something they could not understand, baffled and annoyed by it, the twins struggled along for a while, and then rose reluctantly, looking at their watches.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
13  At the sight of him, the Tarleton hounds rose up out of the red dust and stood waiting expectantly for their masters.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
14  But the next time came and went, and the result was nothing--nothing except that the fever possessing her rose higher and hotter.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
15  She rose from her seat to watch him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
Example Sentence: (75 in 6 pages)
16  He rose and proffered a silver box full of cigarettes.
17  The team rose to the challenge.
18  I thought that I was rich, with a flower that was unique in all the world; and all I had was a common rose.
19  The conference rose to applaud the speaker.
20  Shares in retail businesses were marked up on the news that consumer spending rose last month.
21  The water rose high enough for them to continue upstream.
22  He rose through the ranks to become managing director.
23  He rose from office boy to managing director in ten years.
24  He rose from his seat and made for the door.
25  Sales rose by nought point four per cent last month.
26  It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.
27  Per capita income rose sharply last year.
28  The cost of materials rose sharply last year.
29  He rose to indicate that the conversation was at an end.
30  He rose quickly through the political hierarchy to become party leader.