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
The first thought is that, having risen to prominence by Mozart's tuition and assistance, she spurned the ladder that had uplifted her.
From The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 by Rupert Hughes
The hand which he had uplifted dropped to his side as if paralysed; he was in the presence of a Power greater than his own.
From The Everlasting Arms by Joseph Hocking
It was by his exalted faith and his optimism that he had uplifted the souls of the French public.
From Jean-Christophe Journey's End by Gilbert Cannan
