Example Sentences

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Hoisted themselves up in treetops for tree sits.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2021

Hoisted above a tent it can guide people home after a long night.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2013

Hoisted up a portable pole it can help friends find each other in a crowd.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2013

Hoisted by helicopter aboard the Hornet, the astronauts were soon settled in comfortable isolation inside a biologically "clean" van to begin 18 days of quarantine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hoisted into the air by his ankle, Harry hit a suit of armor and replicas burst out of it like white-hot bodies, filling the cramped space.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling