Sentence examples similar to one time rise from inspiring English sources

Pondering sweeping armies and the rise and fall of great powers (along with my own country's place in the march of history), I think of all the nations in Western Civilization that at one time rose to be dominant powers, then settled back down -- either because of military defeat, economic malaise, or both -- and realize life goes on just fine without all that responsibility.

There are questions, too, about how central bankers would deal with a one-time rise in the price level because of a new value-added tax, say, or higher oil prices.

Bo Xilai was led away in handcuffs on Sunday after a court sentenced the one-time rising star of the Communist Party to life in prison for corruption, bringing down the curtain on China's biggest political scandal in decades.

Among the most prominent defectors was Arlene Foster, a one-time rising star in the UUP and now a DUP industry minister in Northern Ireland's power-sharing executive.

Dick and Dom, the one-time rising stars of BBC light entertainment, returned to digital channel CBBC with Absolute Genius with Dick & Dom.

The under-23 invitation could be seen as a step down for Agudelo, a one-time rising star with the senior national team who was left off Jurgen Klinsmann's roster last week for upcoming friendlies against France and Slovenia.

As investigators and prosecutors move in on these officials -- a former member of Parliament for the governing Congress Party, and a chief minister and one-time rising star of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party -- hope is rising that India might at last be ready to face up to some of its darkest moments and deliver justice for crimes that undermined the core of its national identity.

McDonnell, a one-time rising star in the Republican party, and his wife were convicted in September of taking $177,000 in gifts and loans from businessman Jonnie Williams in exchange for promoting one of his company's dietary supplements.

At one time a rising star in the Nevada Republican party, she lost her positions of leadership in the legislature when it was revealed that she owed more than $1m in taxes.

Trump invoking "law and order," which, to Cheadle, is "code language for, 'We're going to arrest more black people.'" The one time he rose to the president's defense was discussing the violence in Charlottesville, Va., and Trump's less-than-vociferous condemnation of the Klansmen and neo-Nazis involved.

Furthermore, the opportunity cost of one's time rises as his/her education rises, especially after graduation from university.