Sentence examples for rose close to from inspiring English sources

For Sabathia, August also comes with a reminder of last season, when his earned run average rose close to 5.00 and questions swirled about his conditioning and stamina.

A broad rally washed from Asia to Europe and finally to Wall Street, and the major indexes rose close to 3percentt.

Greek 10-year bond yields also rose close to a 16-month highs of 9.6 per cent in trading yesterday, although they are still well short of the ruinous 30 per cent levels hit at the height of the crisis in 2012, the last time it looked as if Greece was set to crash out of the single currency.

There, Holbrooke was one of a trio of gifted young diplomats who would remain close friends as they later rose close to the summit of power, along with Tony Lake, who became national security adviser under President Bill Clinton, and the Republican-aligned John Negroponte, US envoy to the United Nations in the run-up to the Iraq war, and the first American Ambassador to post-Saddam Baghdad.

Revenues rose close to 80% to $1.08 billion.

Microsoft shares rose close to 3% in after-hours trading.

His face seems to crease easily into contortion, but then his emotions have always risen close to the surface.

As inflation hits zero, presumably the government's demand for austerity will mean council tax rises close to a freeze.

Prices have risen close to a new nominal record against the British pound and the highest level in yen since February 1983.

The HSBC flash China manufacturing purchasing managers index rose to 49.5 in July from 48.2 in June, rising close to the level — 50 — that divides expansion from contraction.

According to analysts at JPMorgan Chase, the severity of losses on securities tied to car loans could rise close to those on subprime mortgages.