RAISE in a Sentence

Learn RAISE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

402 example sentences for RAISE, such as:

1. But she did not raise her head.
2. Our campaign's main purpose is to raise money.
3. The union plans to raise the issue of overtime.
4. The estate is holding an auction to raise money.
5. We raise turkeys mainly for the Christmas market.

Free Online Vocabulary Test
K12, SAT, GRE, IELTS, TOEFL
 Input your word:
Search Sentence
Want to search a word in classic works?
Search Classic Quotes
 Meanings and Examples of RAISE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
raise
 v.  lift or move to a higher position
 v.  bring to the surface
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  She looked up at him languidly, as though her lids were weighted with sleep and it cost her an effort to raise them.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
2  The thought of the animal's suffering was intolerable to him and he struggled to raise himself, and could not because a rock, or some huge mass, seemed to be lying on him.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  She shouted for her impatiently, knowing she could raise her voice with impunity, as Ellen was in the smokehouse, measuring out the day's food to Cookie.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
4  He would raise his brows in that nasty way he always had when she even mentioned Ashley's name and, like as not, would refuse to give her the hat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
5  She wanted to pray but she could not raise her eyes to Heaven.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
6  When the night was still, it was too still--as though the tree frogs, katydids and sleepy mockingbirds were too frightened to raise their voices in the usual summer-night chorus.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
7  Aunt Pittypat is too old to raise a child and Honey and India are sweet but--I want you to have my baby.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
8  But she did not raise her head.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
9  She knew that she should kill one of the shoats but she put it off from day to day, hoping to raise them to maturity.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
10  If I pay up this time, they'll raise the taxes higher next time till they drive me out.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
11  If she were a man she would have that mill, if she had to mortgage the store to raise the money.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
12  Wade and Uncle Peter retired to the carriage house and Cookie kept to her kitchen and forebore to raise her voice to praise the Lord in song.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
13  Abandoned negro children ran like frightened animals about the town until kind-hearted white people took them into their kitchens to raise.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
14  She brought to bear, too, all the charm of smile and glance she possessed but they were wasted, for he did not raise his eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
15  They did not even raise their eyes as she dismounted from the buggy but Johnnie turned toward her, carelessly dragging off his hat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
Example Sentence: (192 in 13 pages)
16  The Treasury has decided to raise interest rates as a pre-emptive measure against inflation.
17  The union plans to raise the issue of overtime.
18  An intriguing item on the news pages caused me to raise an eyebrow over my morning coffee.
19  It had a certain funky charm, I guess, but it wasn't much of a place to raise a kid.
20  The concert will raise money for local charities.
21  Our campaign's main purpose is to raise money.
22  We raise turkeys mainly for the Christmas market.
23  The purpose of the occasion was to raise money for medical supplies.
24  People put up their homes as collateral in order to raise the money to invest in the scheme.
25  We're trying to raise awareness about the environment in general and air pollution in particular.
26  The club members voted with one accord to raise the dues.
27  The estate is holding an auction to raise money.
28  The consultant who suggested using spamming to raise the company's profile has been fired.
29  We're having a lottery to raise money for homeless families.
30  If you raise it at the meeting, I'll support you.