Example sentences for: rising

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

  • Hello !" McCain is grinning, but the grin is becoming ghoulish, and his voice is rising to a tightly wound pitch.

  • In addition, many workers are unaware that the retirement age for full Social Security benefits is gradually rising from age 65 to 67.

  • This has a practical consequence, which is that rising rates lead institutions--primarily, at this point--to pull money out of the stock market and put it into bonds.

  • According to a front-page feature in the Wall Street Journal , South African drivers are getting pretty creative in trying to protect themselves against a rising tide of armed car-jacking.

  • The changes are due, says the paper, to rising drug costs and a cap set by Congress on payments to HMOs.


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