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

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

It’s the spell you cast to levitate something.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2023

Coach Quatrini was going berserk again, and seemed to be trying to levitate himself off the ground.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt