rise
verb (used without object)
to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position.
were rising
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past progressiveof rise.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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Shares of Palantir were rising 5% in the extended trading session Monday.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
As inflation and interest rates were rising, he maintained that equities would climb.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
The shares were rising 1.5% to $197.96 in early trading.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Ceri Roberts, the council's Welsh-medium education transformation officer, said Welsh-medium primary school intakes in the county borough were rising and a number of schools had won awards in Welsh education.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
She may have respected Woodhull, but she also realized that tensions were rising and the debate was dividing the women’s movement and weakening the National Woman Suffrage Association.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
