rise
verb (used without object)
to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position.
had risen
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past perfectof rise.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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By the end of the prison building boom in 2000, that number had risen to 1,663.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Freezing that threshold means graduates start repaying their loans sooner and, once they do, they pay more than they would have done if it had risen with inflation.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
They had risen more than 42% so far this quarter on investor hopes that a takeover offer would be agreed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Only a week ago, Korea announced that in the first twenty days of August alone exports had risen by 56% year over year to $55 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Then he had laid little Ioeth gently down on the pallet, and had risen, and stood silent, staff in hand.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
