How to Use raised in a Sentence

raised

adjective
  • The plastic strip where the LEDs are can be a bit raised, causing some issues on the edge.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The raised arm of Ms. Smith’s singer echoes the tradition’s stern gesture for marking a beat.
    Nancy Princenthal, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2017
  • Kim then took Moon's hand and led him over the raised demarcation line to the northern side.
    Euan McKirdy, CNN, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Their numbered hands are poised to clap, and make raised fists, and wave cellphones into the jet stream of the biggest touring band in the world.
    James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2017
  • As Brownlee has said in interviews, there are no raised fists here.
    John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 23 Feb. 2018
  • The identity of future issuers and how the raised funds are used should be top of investors’ concerns.
    Andrew Peaple, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2019
  • A year ago, a handful of Michigan players stood for the anthem with raised fists throughout the 2016 season.
    Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Mere feet away, on a raised wooden platform, dozens of people jockey for the best vantage point.
    Acacia Johnson, National Geographic, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Some of the timber had been used to make raised beds for the grow operation, the paper reported.
    Mari A. Schaefer, Philly.com, 11 July 2017
  • To make a raised bed, remove the sod, add a few inches of the garden soil and compost mix, then dig to mix it with the underlying soil.
    Cindy Sutter, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2017
  • If your drainage is poor, choose another spot or transplant your rose to a raised bed or a container.
    Rita Perwich, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 Oct. 2017
  • To improve circulation in that position, flex and point your raised foot, and squeeze and spread your toes.
    Adrienne Jordan, GQ, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The rash may begin as small, flat, round discolorations that become raised and fluid-filled (clear or pus) before scabbing.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2022
  • The raised panels are medium-density fiberboard with a paint-grade finish.
    Carolyn Weber, ELLE Decor, 5 July 2012
  • Organic amendments can be added to heavy clay soils before planting or the hibiscus can be planted in a raised bed.
    Debbie Arrington, sacbee.com, 19 May 2017
  • Kranz lays half-inch irrigation hoses at one end of her raised bed boxes and then strings quarter-inch perforated hoses the length of the box, 6 inches apart.
    Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Plant your plum tree on a raised bed irrigated with drip irrigation.
    Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 16 Jan. 2020
  • With panicked shoppers cleaning out stores, even those with no gardening experience are searching for do-it-yourself YouTube videos on how to build a raised bed.
    Remy Tumin, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2020
  • Building a raised bed wall that will outlast the Roman Coliseum really may not give me any status among neighbors.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 8 Apr. 2017
  • The raised inner eyebrow movement in dogs is driven by a muscle which doesn’t consistently exist in their closest living relative, the wolf.
    Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2019
  • On Sunday morning, a speeding car soared off a raised median divider and crashed into the second-floor of a dentist’s office in Santa Ana, California.
    Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 15 Jan. 2018
  • University of Miami architecture students erected a tent on a raised wooden platform as a pilot project, but only one was built.
    Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, 2 June 2017
  • Traffic in both directions along an approximately 50-mile stretch of Interstate 12 in St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes will be slowed later this month while raised pavement markers are replaced.
    Kim Chatelain, NOLA.com, 5 Feb. 2018

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