hoist
verb (used with object)
to raise or lift, especially by some mechanical appliance.
had hoisted
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past perfectof hoist.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In 2013, she issued a statement to Complex about a lawsuit between Supreme and a company borrowing its red bar/white text aesthetic, which of course Supreme had hoisted from Kruger.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2021
She and her daughter had hoisted her mother, who has asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, onto the washing machine as the water rose past their hips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2021
He had played 22 seasons, had been captain since age 21, had hoisted three Stanley Cups, had made more than $60 million and had become a legend in a place called Hockeytown.
From Washington Post ● May 11, 2018
Turkey is complaining because Syrian Kurdish fighters in the border town of Tel Abyad in Syria are still flying U.S. flags they had hoisted earlier.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 16, 2016
It was the first time in almost four months that I had hoisted a pack with a full load.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
