aloft
Example Sentences
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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
On the third try, the pilot finally rose using his instruments alone—without being able to see anything out of the windows—to get them aloft.
From Literature
Fans chanted against the owners and held aloft banners as flares filled the air on Sir Matt Busby Way.
From Barron's
He took hold of the boat with one hand, hoisted it aloft, and led them back to the water.
From Literature
He held aloft a thick strand of silver whistles.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
