How to Use rise to the occasion/challenge in a Sentence

rise to the occasion/challenge

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  • The Horned Frogs didn’t rise to the occasion, missing nine of their last ten shots.
    — Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Shut down one player and two more rise to the occasion.
    — Dallas News, 23 May 2022
  • But Schwartz must rise to the occasion as a deep threat now that Beckham is gone.
    — cleveland, 7 Nov. 2021
  • That’s not to say that Giuliani failed to rise to the occasion when his city and his country needed him the most.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 9 June 2022
  • One of the major tests of a truly great athlete is the ability to rise to the occasion.
    — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2022
  • Parsons talks often about how the best players must rise to the occasion in the biggest games.
    — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Women have come so far in our abilities to rise to the occasion.
    — Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Time will tell which companies will rise to the occasion and which will be left behind.
    — Brian Peccarelli, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • If ever there was a reason for Collins to rise to the occasion, Philadelphia was the place to do it.
    — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Pittman said Jefferson just seems to rise to the occasion at game-clinching time.
    — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Will the Bama secondary rise to the occasion against Mike Leach’s high-powered offense?
    — Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Now, with a season under their belt, this group of second-year players is ready to step up to help this group of rookies rise to the occasion.
    — Cale Clinton, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The defense has been an issue for Arizona all year long, but offensively, the Wildcats tend to rise to the occasion.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2022
  • There are some people who manage to rise to the occasion in a moment when they are most needed and somehow summon the will to go above and beyond the call of duty.
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Jackson preferred not to share specifics but is confident Richardson will rise to the occasion.
    — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
  • So there’s certainly an expectation going into the final ten episodes that Cal is gonna have to rise to the occasion.
    — William Earl, Variety, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Unable to lean on Green during difficult on-court moments, other players have had to get out of their comfort zone and rise to the occasion.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Our selections are packed with the latest processing and graphics technology to rise to the occasion.
    — Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Hence, internal responses may not rise to the occasion until the threats become more evident.
    — Terence Jackson, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Late-breaking developments suggest that the Russian invaders may rise to the occasion and offer the Ukraine defenders an honorable way out.
    — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 16 May 2022
  • There’s still 75 games remaining to improve upon those numbers, and players of his caliber and accomplishments typically rise to the occasion when the stakes are at their highest.
    — Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2022
  • On the other side of the ball, the Pacers saw a genuine closer in Bucks point guard Jrue Holiday, one of the league's most perpetually underrated players because he has always been surrounded by other stars, but one who could rise to the occasion.
    — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Medical education and provider networks need to rise to the occasion and better train all physicians to interact with patients from various cultures and with different beliefs.
    — Ian Tong, STAT, 5 Dec. 2021

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