Example Sentences

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“In the morning when you rise unwillingly, let this thought be present—I am rising to the work of a human being,” he wrote.

From National Geographic • Nov. 8, 2023

So that’s why I am rising on 29 April with the climate march.

From The Guardian • Apr. 24, 2017

I am rising with the amazing women of my country … I am rising for the child in me, who I don’t think will ever forgive and recover from what happened to her.”

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2013

I am rising, for Jyoti and women like her.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2013

"For a fallen man, I am rising like yeast!" he murmured to himself.

From The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island by Thompson, Ruth Plumly