How to use "raise" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "raise" in popular movie and book plots

  • The sheriff's widow, Edna Spalding, is left to raise her children alone and maintain the family farm.  - Places in the Heart
  • Saying that she needs to find herself, she leaves Ted to raise their son Billy (Justin Henry) by himself.  - Kramer vs. Kramer
  • Believing that she is pregnant, Rachel plans to leave town and raise the child.  - Rachel, Rachel
  • Randall also mentions to Doyle that he now wants to raise chickens because hogs stink.  - Wake Island (film)
  • With the school facing closure, Landry volunteers to return to the North to raise $5,000.  - Within Our Gates
  • After he recovers, Lige insists he participate in a roundup of wild horses to raise money for the cattlemen.  - The Wind (1928 film)
  • Planning to propose if the date works out, Kralik requests a raise from mr Matuschek, who has not been in a good mood for months.  - The Shop Around the Corner
  • The hunters raise a mob that sets out in pursuit.  - Bride of Frankenstein
  • Amelia leaves Mark and is planning to raise her daughter as a single parent.  - A Vicious Circle
  • He had grown up moving from one foster home to another, as his mother was found to be unfit to raise him.  - Choke (novel)
  • When Anthony learns her secret, she sends him their son, stating that he is better suited to raise the boy.  - Anthony Adverse
  • Austrian Prince Metternich asks Salomon to raise 15 million florins to help defeat Napoleon.  - The House of Rothschild
  • She hopes to use her position as Edgar's wife to raise Heathcliff's standing.  - Wuthering Heights
  • The hobbits raise a rebellion and overthrow the men, who turn out to be led by Saruman.  - The Lord of the Rings
  • Snake and the President reach the perimeter wall and the guards raise the President on a rope.  - Escape from New York
  • His crib floats to an abandoned zoo and is found by a flock of penguins who raise him as one of their own.  - Batman Returns

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