aloft

Example Sentences

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Most Americans think of helium as the gas that holds balloons aloft, but, more important, it is an essential coolant in MRI machines and semiconductor manufacturing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

“Wealthy Americans have been credited with keeping consumer spending aloft over the past few years as general uncertainty spread,” said Elizabeth Renter, senior economist at NerdWallet.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

A bit of tinkering – stripping the original’s heavy bassline, tossing in his lithe falsetto and a playful guitar to hold everything aloft – made the one-time throwaway into something immortal.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026

Fans chanted against the owners and held aloft banners as flares filled the air on Sir Matt Busby Way.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

Madame Babushkinov held the ring aloft in triumph, as the confused general and her equally confused husband stood nearby.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood