How to Use rise above in a Sentence

rise above

phrasal verb

• And this is the time of year when the sun doesn’t rise above the horizon.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2023
• The mercury could even rise above 115 again, Frieders said.
  — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2023
• Haley, the only woman on the stage, tried to rise above the fray.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2023
• The Capitol shook with the force of percussion grenades, and smoke rose above the crowd.
  — Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
• Water rose above the hoods of cars, some of which floated away.
  — Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
• The fire now doubled in height, sending up thick, black plumes of smoke that rose above the cliff.
  — Nathan Thrall, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2023
• The code wars may rumble on, in some form, but the Matildas, at least, have risen above them.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• Haley, the only woman on stage, tried to rise above the fray.
  — Sara Burnett, Jill Colvin and Jonathan J. Cooper, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2023
• That said, Bourne suggests that this scoop bra by Chantelle rises above the rest.
  — Courtney Leiva, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023
• The ship uses the cylinders as legs to rise above the waves and transform into a platform.
  — Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• As the moon rose above the water, the Rafael Peralta motored toward the strait.
  — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2023
• Safely attempt to lift yourself enough so your chin rises above the height of the bar.
  — Jacqueline Andriakos, Health, 13 Mar. 2024
• By the time the sun rises above the red sandstone pillars, Wilson is on his way to a nearby well.
  — Rachel Scott, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2023
• Now, with the new fees, Amazon’s cut will rise above 50% for certain merchants.
  — Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2024
• Grab’s share price has failed to rise above the low single digits, while GoTo’s has fallen 30% in the past year and 9% in the past six months.
  — Zennon Kapron, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
• The 10-year Treasury yield set new decade-plus highs Wednesday, rising above 4.9%.
  — Jack Pitcher, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2023
• Only time will tell if Booker was able to rise above the rest to turn trash into treasure.
  — Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 5 Apr. 2024
• My old way of coping, the escaping, the not dealing with, the rising above, had gotten me to the age of thirty.
  — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 4 Nov. 2023
• Anyone can rise above their station, one bootstrap-tug at a time!
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2023
• The pathos is high, but laughter always manages to rise above despair.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
• In the desert Southwest, temperatures could rise above 110 degrees as the first heat wave of the season takes hold.
  — Judson Jones, New York Times, 30 June 2023
• Yet for all its gripping, nail-biting action clips, there’s one moment in the film that rises above the rest — and it’s not set on the race course.
  — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023
• Even though the sun shone 24 hours a day, the temperature rarely rose above 0 degrees Fahrenheit.
  — Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
• Video footage shared on Telegram by the Ukrainian Pravda news site showed thick plumes of smoke rising above buildings in the area.
  — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
• Amid the din of Denver Coliseum, Chris Olson’s voice rose above the rest.
  — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2024
• When a bird flu epidemic starts threatening the farm, they are forced to rise above conflict and heal old wounds.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 30 Oct. 2023
• In one video, a drone rises above the rooftops, capturing the moment when roughly 10 buildings go up in smoke and flames.
  — Jonathan Baran, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
• Video of the aftermath Saturday showed smoke rising above the city.
  — Mustafa Salim, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024
• The jolt will prevent San Diego’s daytime high from rising above 58 on Friday.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024
• The full wolf moon—the name for January’s bright orb—will rise above the northeastern horizon around sunset.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 28 May 2024