From here, given current trends, the curve can only rise.

Paradoxically, this exhibition comes at a moment when the curve is rising and things are getting better.

The curve of her back was rising and falling erratically.

A curve of moon rising behind the east tower caught in its silver talons; they flashed like blades.

Logarithmic processes are such that if you put them on graph paper, the curve rises more and more all the time.

And it did, for the curve was much sharper, and rose in an incline.

Depending on the metric used for learning (or proficiency) the curve can either rise or fall with experience.

The curve rose steadily from 13:00 on, then really took off.

This relation holds regardless of whether the marginal curve is rising or falling.