uplift
verb (used with object)
to lift up; raise; elevate.
had uplifted
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past perfectof uplift.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The challenge was announced on Zoe Ball's Radio 2 breakfast show, and the station's head Helen Thomas said the multiplatinum-selling singer had "uplifted everyone and spread so much joy over these past 18 months".
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2021
But, Powell claimed extravagantly, the program already had "uplifted and given new hope" to 3,000,000 people who had been "drifting aimlessly through shabby lives."
From Time Magazine Archive
She had lost again the faith which for a time had uplifted her to a realization of God's power to save the boy from death.
From A Soldier's Son by Maude M. Butler
Her victory had uplifted her, of course; but she knew that her man would be sore in his feelings, and she meant to let him down gently.
From News from the Duchy by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
It had been a triumph for her; she had surprised herself in that interview; it had left her with a conviction of freedom; it had uplifted her.
From The Lion's Share by Arnold Bennett
