have been elevating
- present perfect progressive of elevate.
Example Sentences
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Aside from at select events like newcomer TheyHouse and Utopia, which have been elevating house music in L.A. for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2024
Asked about the protesters’ demands during a news briefing Thursday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said, “Of course we’re listening to advocates and people who have been elevating the issue of climate for decades.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2021
The writers Samuel Delany and Octavia Butler have been elevating our thoughts with a black consciousness to the realms of heavens for decades.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 1, 2015
The grid-iron made St. Lawrence fit for Heaven, and its qualities have been elevating and refining ever since.
From Manners and Social Usages by Sherwood, Mrs. John M. E. W.
For anything I can say, such a creed may be elevating—relatively: elevating as slavery is said to have been elevating when it was a substitute for extermination.
From Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
