Sentence examples for were rising to from inspiring English sources

And for the moment anyway, they were rising to the occasion.

It looked almost as if the water were rising to cover her.

Celebrities were rising to the status of secular gods: publicity stills froze their faces in the manner of religious icons.

When Mr Hytner was appointed, the audience was growing old and the seat prices were rising to West End levels.

"I said that Hitler and Mussolini were rising to meet the economic crisis and that we would have to do much the same thing..

A source close to the transition board, which is handling the closure of the FSS, said police forces were "rising to the challenge" of transferring their work.

Fairleigh Dickinson is rising to the challenge.

UNRWA is rising to that challenge.

We're rising to that challenge.

The rent would be rising to $1,500.

We are rising to the challenge.