exalt
verb (used with object)
to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate.
exalting
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present participleof exalt.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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“I can’t describe how beautiful, calm, sacred, exciting, and exalting it was. It was just a dream,” she told the outlet.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 29, 2025
She was an artful, innovative interpreter of other people’s songs, in the vein of Frank Sinatra, in an era when audiences—and especially critics—were exalting the singer-songwriter model instead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
TV viewers can watch the massive Globo network’s seven-year campaign exalting the sector.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
Instead of exalting form over substance, courts should recognize the humanism of legal dilemmas and focus on it.
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2024
The music stopped and the guests gathered in the main hall where a small, innocent priest, adorned with the vestments of high mass, read the complicated sermon he had written exalting confused and impracticable virtues.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
