levitate
verb (used without object)
to rise or float in the air, especially as a result of a supernatural power that overcomes gravity.
had levitated
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past perfectof levitate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The transition could not have been more seamless if Kates had levitated the building at National Christian and dropped it in Upper Marlboro.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2021
A drone resembling one of those round Roomba robotic vacuums had levitated from the pit of the nearly 2,000-year-old arena and was hovering in the air between me and the cloudless horizon.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2015
He would drop the phrase “Thanks be to UFO Godmother” into casual conversation, and tried to convince friends that he had levitated over his bed.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2013
Soon I had levitated the feather and was able to register on Pottermore!
From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2011
The boys who had levitated themselves up to the Saucer would be missing.
From What Rough Beast? by Jefferson Highe
