No good ever came from trying to rise above your station in life.

He tried to rise, but his arms had no strength.

At the head table the rich man is in the act of trying to rise.

Of course if I tried to rise, they pushed me down.

She did not try to rise but looked from one to the other of us and back again.

He tried to rise and his legs would not move.

He tried to rise; felt something give way in his side.

He tried to rise, and fell back again into his chair.

The young man's eyes opened slowly and he tried to rise.

He tried to rise, but could not; there was no reason to.