Sentences with phrase «to rise against something»

The phrase "to rise against something" means to rebel or protest against an authority, system, or situation. Full definition
Those who stand in their way are just as guilty as those who rise against them.
Because there are times when things don't go according to plan, and moments when horrible circumstances rise against us.
But as every new wind of false doctrine rises, the church also rises against it, to teach the truth and call people to hold fast to what we have received.
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.
As anti-arousing as my Kryptonite was in Ex Machina, do you want to know who is really going to be responsible for humanity's downfall when the singularity happens and the robots rise against us?
No one knows what to make of Adam's return, but when bodies start turning up, the small town rises against him and Adam again finds himself embroiled in the fight of his life, not just to prove his own innocence, but to reclaim the only life he's ever wanted.
To connect the world, Facebook must foresee its ugliness and proactively rise against it.
Asked to explain what the dragon meant, the controversial man of God inferred that the ruling government would rise against itself in the run up to the 2016 general elections.
«Lord, how many are my foes, / many are those who rise against me» becomes «Lord, how daunting the armies / massed against me» (3:2).
Beware of the evil and lets all rise against it before it kills our Freedom and way of life.
At the meeting in Trump Tower last year, White cited Isaiah 54 in praying that «any tongue that rises against him will be condemned.»
He said the locals must be educated and conscientized on the various negative effects of illegal mining to enable them appreciate the development and the need to rise against it.
I am against any coup and will rise against it, but is it not ironic that the government of Muhammadu Buhari, a man who staged a coup against a democratically elected President Shagari today warns against coups?
Umbrella insurance is designed to give you added liability protection for lawsuits, and claims that rise against you.
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