Sentence examples for getting a rise from inspiring English sources
He liked getting a rise out of my mother.
She passed the true litmus test by getting a rise in applause at her curtain call.
He can tease the audience collectively and individuals mercilessly, but you don't feel he's getting a rise out of them".
Giving someone a dig in a tender place and getting a rise out of them is a way of getting emotional attention.
When he struck out against the Arizona Diamondbacks recently, he snapped his bat over his leg, getting a rise out of the crowd.
Mr. Zenón and Mr. Akinmusire played for real, tangling in short, dissonant alarms; Mr. Kendrick stuttered and gapped his beats, getting a rise out of Mr. Clayton; Mr. Lund's lines leapt among different scales, enveloping the whole instrument.
He added that the town had been getting a rising number of calls about aircraft noise.
Kimball gets a rise out of playing a martinet.
He likes to get a rise out of people.
But he rarely got a rise out of him.
It was enough to get a rise out of two owners.
