uplift
verb (used with object)
to lift up; raise; elevate.
have uplifted
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present perfectof uplift.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Their words have uplifted the family during a time of need.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
There was something singular about the lady; her large, black eyes illumined the whole face with a glow of proud triumph that seemed to have uplifted her whole being.
From The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
I lost myself, the best of me, the good that might have uplifted me.
From The Rainbow Trail by Zane Grey
Therefore I thee have uplifted, And bear thee aloft by the hair Of thy head, like a cloud that is drifted Through the vast unknown of the air!
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Osiris and Nephthys have uplifted thee at thy coming forth from the womb of thy mother Nut.
From Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings by Epiphanius Wilson
