levitate

Example Sentences

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"We can levitate objects against gravity by immersing them in a sound field called a standing wave."

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

I marveled at how the hidden-in-the-floor projections allow the ghost to levitate, but I also increasingly felt a sense of mourning.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

Those droplets constantly off-gas carbon dioxide, causing them to levitate slightly above the surfaces they sit on.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024

His narrator, Richard, is the least shiny of a golden foursome whose youth, beauty and careless wealth allow them to levitate somewhere over Sydney Harbor, happily encased in the champagne bubble of their bottomless self-regard.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2024

“Were any of you guys carrying artifacts? One that would give me the ability to fly? Or levitate? Or teleport?”

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline