hoist

Example Sentences

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"I was able to get hoisted into a chair, sit up a bit better... and, as the days went on, I was able to get out of bed with help from the nurses and family."

From BBC

Frantic, he helped his parents hoist his six younger siblings over a backyard fence as fireballs of ignited crude descended around their home, just across the street.

From Los Angeles Times

In the end, he had to engineer a way to hoist the chain-link enclosure out of the stream for the winter.

From The Wall Street Journal

Firefighters then hoisted the man up by rope and paramedics took him to a local trauma center in critical condition, officials said.

From Los Angeles Times

You have to give the union credit for hoisting Mr. Newsom on his own petard.

From The Wall Street Journal