levitates
- present tense form of levitate (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Betye Saar practically levitates into the room wearing a Max Mara jacket that resembles a bird’s plumage, with a butter-yellow silk Dior dress grazing the ground behind her and a cane in her hand.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
The South Korean researchers provided a video of what they say is LK-99 exhibiting the Meissner effect, but superconductors aren’t the only things that float above magnets—graphite, for example, also levitates.
From Scientific American • Jul. 27, 2023
As he is dying, he levitates, at last free from the monstrous burden of flesh.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2023
The most striking is “Valor,” in which an orange rectangle levitates, ever so slightly off-center.
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022
Tano almost loses his balance, and he levitates in the air to steady himself.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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