The new data document extraordinarily abrupt rises in world temperature as each of the last two ice ages ended.

They had not yet tackled the abrupt rise leading to the schoolhouse built on the hillside.

Maybe it was stupefied by the abrupt rise in temperature.

You get an abrupt rise in the size of firms.

This abrupt rise has been due mainly to the facilities of good transportation system.

The military involvement led to an abrupt rise in inflation and unemployment.

The Indonesian government and international aid groups have proved ill equipped to handle the abrupt rise in those forced to flee their homes.

Residents can absorb a gradual increase in their taxes, he believes, but not an abrupt rise.

Water flows through the aqueduct in a series of abrupt rises and gradual falls.

When this occurs, the water slows in a rather abrupt rise (a step or standing wave) on the liquid surface.