Sentence examples for ago rising from inspiring English sources

Lleyton Hewitt proved his resilience long ago, rising to No. 1 in a game dominated by bigger, more powerful men.

Mr. Stoltzman recalled spending at least a week in the Opperman apartment some years ago, rising early for "a farmer's breakfast" and then starting the day's work.

He joined the paper 16 years ago, rising to become showbiz editor under Morgan before switching to become head of news.

Beginning 110 million years ago, rising oceans created a seaway that divided North America, effectively splitting the plethodontids into two clades.

Between 30 and 20 million years ago, rising magma flowed to the surface as lava to produce flood basalts reaching thicknesses as great as 9,800 feet (3,000 metres).

I remember going to Ocean Grove on a Saturday night years ago, rising for an early Sunday swim and learning to my chagrin that the beach was closed for churchgoing.

The death toll from the earthquake and tsunami that crippled the plant three weeks ago rose to nearly 11,600, with more than 16,000 people listed as missing.

Jeffries, who was twenty-three points behind only six weeks ago, rose quickly in the polls in the campaign's final month.

And yet atop hills overlooking fishing villages, reached by bridges and serpentine roads paved over just a generation ago, rise the steeples of Roman Catholic churches.

But because these documents long ago rose to the status of American scripture, another way to read them is to conduct an exegesis, which is more or less what Garry Wills does in "Head and Heart: American Christianities" (Penguin; $29.95).

The holy grail example of brand reanimation is the Volkswagen Beetle, which a few years ago rose from dormancy and became a hit all over again in an updated form that was both nostalgic and contemporary.