arise
verb (used without object)
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise.
had arisen
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past perfectof arise.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It added that issues had arisen due to the region only receiving 55% of its average rainfall since March.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
That country’s Wahhabism had arisen as a puritan reform of Sunnism in the 18th century.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2024
Yet the amendment eliminated only the “tied vote” problem that had arisen four years earlier.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2023
Trade with Australia was the exception amid improving relations between Beijing and Canberra, cooling diplomatic tensions that had arisen in recent years over a host of issues including national security and COVID.
From Reuters ● Nov. 7, 2023
But he had arisen before dinner—weary, still, but able to hide it, to eat and talk as if nothing had happened.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
