arise
verb (used without object)
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise.
was arising
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past progressiveof arise.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"And, of course, that would ease the tension in the neighbouring countries that was arising because of the presence of a large number of refugees."
From BBC β Dec. 9, 2024
This situation was arising "more or less daily", he added.
From BBC β Jul. 12, 2012
At this same time, farther to the east, another civilization was arising.
From Textbooks β Jan. 1, 2012
Spark hints at dark spiritual convulsions, a "new world which was arising out of the ashes of the old, avid for immaterialism."
From Time Magazine Archive
Their next point of visitation was Chicago, where they had heard that a new Literary School was arising with a noise like thunder out of the lake.
From The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales by Henry Van Dyke
