bear aloft
Example Sentences
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But armoured fleets bear aloft on their decks a rampart of towers, so that fighting may like place even at sea as from the walls of a fortress.
From Scientific American • Feb. 4, 2013
How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immoveable— Looking tranquillity.
From Ellen Middleton—A Tale by Fullerton, Georgiana
Why cannot the soaring spirit bear aloft its earthly tenement?
From Old Fritz and the New Era by Langley, Peter
How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity!
From Side Lights by Allen, Grant
Thou seest the Father; Thy sad sighs gather, And bear aloft Thy sorrow and His pain!
From Faust by Taylor, Bayard
