Example sentences for: arose

How can you use “arose” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • At once a voice arose among The bleak twigs overheadIn a full-hearted evensong Of joy illimited;An aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small In blast-beruffled plume,Had chosen thus to fling his soul Upon the growing gloom.

  • On the cuff and off the cuff are in, with no American provenance mentioned and dated far too late (“since 1920s”): the term arose well before 1900, from the time when men wore (detachable) Celluloid shirtcuffs on which memos were conveniently penciled because they could be wiped off with a damp cloth.

  • Thus arose the term bluebird fly-up for a disappointing experience.

  • During periods when it had few occasions to go out, a couple would probably try to build up a reserve--then run that reserve down when the occasions arose.

  • It was in Kandahar that perhaps the last, and most likely the best, opportunity arose for targeting Bin Ladin with cruise missiles before 9/11.


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