The ground had for some time been rising less steeply.

I looked out my east window at the wall of red rock that rose steeply behind the house.

But if oil prices rise steeply, in 40 years the picture could be very different.

Real interest rates have already risen steeply in the last year.

The company's health insurance costs are rising so steeply, she said, that something else has to give.

One of the three rose steeply and soared away toward the city.

The far bank rose steeply, perhaps a hundred yards from where we stood.

Lot and house prices have risen steeply since my first visit three years ago.

The company's stock price rose even more steeply, jumping 15-fold from 1992 to 1999.

With the kitchen garden rising so steeply there was no cover.