以下提供一些常見描述「上升變化」之用法，提供給同學們參考與學習：
1. The cost of the project has increased dramatically since it began.
(該專案自開始以來成本就急遽上升。)
2. There was a steady increase in sales. = Sales increased steadily.
(銷售穩定上升。)
3. Official figures show that the unemployment peaked in November.
(官方數字顯示失業率在十一月達到最高點。)
4. Our costs have climbed rapidly in the last few years.
(過去幾年我們成本增加很快。)
5. The percentage of women who can read and write in Central Asia andCentral and Eastern Europe increased slightly between 1990 and 1999, thenremained stable, whereas levels of literacy in the Arab states rose steadilyover the period of 18 years.
(在1990與1999年期間，中亞與中東歐能夠讀寫的女性比例微幅上升，接著就維持不變，但在這十八年間，阿拉伯國家的識字率穩定上升。)
6. There’s been an upward trend in sales in the last few weeks.
(在過去幾週，銷售有上升趨勢。)
7. Unemployment rate rocketed up again in 2012.
(2012年，失業率再次迅速攀升。)
8. Housing prices have skyrocketed in recent months.
(最近幾個月房價飛漲。)
9. There was a marginal increase in the number of visitors between 11:00 AM and 12:00 PM.
(在早上11點到12點間，觀光客的人數有些微增長。)
10. Activity X remained fairly steady over the period, reaching a peak in about 1986. Meanwhile there was a gradual increase in Activity Y, which exceeded Activity X for the first time in 2000.
(X活動在這段期間保持相當穩定，大約在1986年到達最高點。同一時間，Y活動持緩步上升，在2000年第一次超越X活動。)