exalt
verb (used with object)
to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate.
is exalting
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present progressiveof exalt (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Woman,--she fell, yet her name will ever stand foremost in the ranks of all that is exalting.
From Natalie A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds by Vale, Ferna
To us the music of the spheres is exalting as it is exalted; and the music of earth is a "sphere-descended maid, friend of pleasure, wisdom's aid."
From Moon Lore by Harley, Timothy
This scene, as the next verse shows, opens while still on earth the apostasy is exalting itself.
From Our Day In the Light of Prophecy by Spicer, William Ambrose
It is exalting multitudes of ignoble lives by hopes that are profound, far-reaching, and sublime.
From The Gospel According to St. Mark by Chadwick, G. A.
The vision of agony, or spiritual contest, pushed beyond the limits of the dying personality, is exalting and cleansing.
From The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces by Kilmer, Joyce
