In the mean time the suspended tapestry made a heavy downfall upon the dish, bringing along with it more black dust than the north wind ever raiseson the plains of Campania.
As we saw last term, oxygen and hydrogen have different specific heats, and no two other elements have the same specific heat, while heat raises the rate of vibration.
He raises his head, casts a glance around, and says, “Señores!
Sometimes the bull rushes unexpectedly, raises him with his head, and tosses him to one side.
The boy who shines your boots, the porter who carries your valise, the mendicant who begs for alms, raises his head with flashing eyes at the names of Charles V.
German, who raises canaries, told me she could not support herself by raising birds, but she knows several men that do.
Of a book written in a language not understood, the beginning raises no more attention than the end; and as those that understand it know commonly the beginning best, its rehearsal will seldom be necessary.
He always gives me half of his candy, and he raises such nice melons in his garden.
Every spot of color, bend of leaf, and shape of fruit raises a question.
The common use of the feather duster is to be deprecated, for it only raises and scatters the dust, but it does not remove it.
She puts out the lamp, places it on one of the marble stairs, seizes the dagger which she held concealed, raises it and looks at it for a moment.
She raises her arms to bind her hair; and the light of the sky glides between her shoulders, like gleaming water over marble wings.
Her bright eyes are closed; and yet the light that falls from the stars tremulously raisesher loving eyelids to seek beneath them the last memory of the fair day that is past.
Strike him through his pocket; let him feel it where we've felt it; but mind this, the lad as raises hand again the house where them two women are, raises it again me.
This last clause raisesquestions as to evil and freewill.
Such a passage raises the question as to how far he is reporting an actual conversation.
The bow and arrow are handed to the woman, who raises them to her head, touches her forehead with them, and places them near the tree.
If the girl, whom a man claims in accordance with this custom, is not given to him, his mother raises such a howl that her brother is compelled by the castemen to come to terms.
Allen stands in front of him a little at the left, grasping his sword in the right hand, which he raises over the head of the commandant, whilst his left points to his soldiers; his countenance expresses sternness and authority.
There is also a pumping station at Claverton, near Bath, which raises water from the river Avon.
Raises a subscription to send ordnance to Corsica, ii.
It raises the question whether the gains which society makes as a whole are compensation for the individual defeats and losses which progress inevitably involves.
This raises the question: What is the more valuable for the purposes of knowledge in general, a knowledge of law or a knowledge of events?
In so far as the individual demands acknowledgement of his personal behavior and his personal achievement, he raises himself by that act above others.
The one that first raises his from the water is declared guilty.
The blowing is performed without effort in the gentlest way possible, as a very slight increase in the force of the breath raises the tone about two octaves.
His cap and bells win favor everywhere, and the laugh he raises gives him the privilege of saying anything he pleases.
I think Polly's conduct is perfectly abominable, and if Sim goes on getting drunk and raises a hell upon earth at home Polly may just have herself to thank for it, for she was told all about him.
Every County Council in Ireland raises a rate, and has a scheme for agricultural and technical instruction.
This raises an intricate subject, into which I cannot enter in great detail.
While the crane proper is moving through the crane-way, this car travels across the crane, and at the same time raises or lowers whatever may be suspended from it.
Here is also a chain elevator, which raises the wheels out of the freight cars to a runaway on which they travel by gravity to the third floor of the main factory.
He, however, who raises the question whether they are to be truly regarded as one or five, takes up a more reasonable position.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "raises" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
