Example Sentences

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Hoisted themselves up in treetops for tree sits.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2021

Hoisted up a portable pole it can help friends find each other in a crowd.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2013

Hoisted above a tent it can guide people home after a long night.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2013

Hoisted on cranes, mounted on helicopters and shuttled along the sidelines, they can in effect keep the viewer everywhere at once.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hoisted into the air by his ankle, Harry hit a suit of armor and replicas burst out of it like white-hot bodies, filling the cramped space.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling