Sentence examples for spikes upwards from inspiring English sources

As the van crosses Mare Street, the NO2 reading spikes upwards.

NICHOLAS THOMPSON: Whenever Romney says he doesn't want a war in Syria, the CNN-approval-line spikes upwards.

Economists expect it to continue on a downward path but have warned there could be a short-term spikes upwards along the way because of volatile oil prices.

But when pollsters ask about each individual item in the bill, support spikes upwards.

He's polling at 6.1percentt, down a tiny bit in the past few weeks, but Cruz is notable for holding onto this level of support -- with no big spikes upwards or downwards -- throughout all the rest of the campaign drama that's been going on.

Then there are three bits, spaced about 10 minutes apart, that caused our heart rates to spike upwards quite dramatically.

Another piece of evidence suggesting that the outlook for workers is changing overall: an economic measure called labor's share of income is spiking upwards.

Other STIs in the body can make HIV levels spike upwards, which seriously compromises the effects of treatment as prevention and significantly increases risk of transmission.

In 1998, as US wholesale electricity prices started to spike upwards, Enron used a special purpose entity to buy generating capacity close to New York City.

"Violent crime in many of the nation's cities, from one coast to the other, has begun to spike upwards," the report argued.

Given all of the hype around the company, Twitter's shares could spike upwards immediately after its IPO, allowing investors to mint money by buying and selling quickly.