elevates

Example Sentences

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Instead of enlisting surrogates to push an uplifting vision for L.A.’s future, Pratt elevates those who speak of the city as a West Coast Chernobyl.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

For many, human beings have self-consciousness and language, which elevates Homo sapiens.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

It’s Seyfried who elevates “The Housemaid” from guilty pleasure status, making it an exhilarating enigma at one moment and genuinely affecting the next.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

Ratner’s “work elevates every project he touches, transforming documentaries into something far greater than expected,” Robbins said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

There are a couple people dancing behind him—friends, strangers, who knows, who cares—and this energy elevates me.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera