rising

IPA: rˈaɪzɪŋ

Going up.
Planned or destined to advance to an academic grade in the near future, after having completed the previous grade; soon-to-be.
(heraldry, of a bird) Having its wings raised (either addorsed or sometimes displayed), standing on the tips of its feet as if about to take flight, typically depicted in profile.

Examples of "rising" in Sentences

I seem on a narrow island, the ocean is all around me, and the tide is rising, _rising_.
May 11, 2009 at 9:31 pm the compendium have everything that ever had the title rising star on te cover page.
Journalists have imposed a news blackout on the government in response to what they describe as rising brutality against those covering the demonstrations.
Extend the exercise so as to produce with each element, and with all the various intervals, a series or succession of rising and falling intervals, thus: _rising, falling, rising, falling_, etc.
It occurs to me that it might be a good idea to call Maggie … to call someone, at any rate—Izzy, or Peter, or even, his name rising phantomlike and unwelcome but rising, incredibly, nonetheless, Con…
He cited terrorist networks, the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea, and what he called rising regional powers — a likely reference to China and its growing military might — as threats to U.S. security.
The U.N. refugee agency expressed alarm Tuesday at what it called rising violence by armed Libyans against sub-Saharan Africans, both in the rebel-controlled eastern portions and in Gadhafi's stronghold in the west.
In a lead news article today headlined "Watching a Watchdog," the industry publication Inside Higher Ed draws attention to what it terms rising concerns among higher education observers about the editorial independence of The Washington Post in covering for-profit higher education.