Sentence examples for rather raised from inspiring English sources

At the center of this circle there appeared an island, which grew like a mountain, like a hemisphere, like a globe resting on the water, or, rather, raised up just above it; no, like a moon rising in the sky.

I should probably say here that I know Remnick to be a very nice guy and a very sweet writer, and that his own popping of the Nicorette gum into that otherwise pious paragraph rather raised my expectations.

And the fear of some senior Democrats -- and a considerable number of freshly polled voters -- that the party hadn't disposed of the old antiwar bogy, but rather raised it once again, appeared all too well founded.

The issue has become a political football, with Peter Dutton, the opposition health minister, telling a rally in Brisbane on Tuesday that the medical research budget should not be cut but rather raised by $212 million (AUD $200 million).

He was also raised on — or rather raised himself on — a steady diet of American books and films, many of which were about the Vietnam War.

She did not pause, but rather raised a hand in greeting, gave me a smile and let the river of people carry her on her way.

He says he would rather raise awareness of H.I.V.

On the Republican side, people prefer spending cuts; the Democrats would rather raise taxes.

Which rather raises the question, who exactly is it aimed at?

Which does rather raise the question: how much in the end did that rebellion of Ronald Reagan really matter?

Which rather raises the question of why OUP has decided to bring out a new supplement between hardcovers.