rise above
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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But Scotland were fighting back, they were beginning to rise above their own shortcomings.
From BBC
And most of all, competing with themselves to rise above their personal standard of what constitutes an outstanding photograph.
From Los Angeles Times
No matter how important or successful we imagine ourselves, no matter how much we act as though we rise above the rest of the created world, one message remains true: ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
“Sankofa tells us that we as a people can rise above conflicts of ego and treat all beings we meet as brothers and sisters,” it states.
From Los Angeles Times
The Duke of York offered a tone of mutual reassurance: “I’m just as concerned for you! Don’t worry about me! It would seem we are in this together and will have to rise above it!”
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