loft
noun
a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
lofted
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past participleof loft.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof loft.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
loftnouna room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
Example Sentences
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From October 2024 through January 2025, as bitcoin lofted past $100,000, investors poured an astounding $20.7 billion into this group of ETFs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Their first six wickets were all lofted catches, with Ishan Kishan, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma and Washington Sundar also looping chances to waiting fielders as India continued to struggle against the short ball.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
“This meticulously restored Victorian delivers the ultimate Hamptons lifestyle: a luxuriously appointed main residence, a lofted studio, and resort-like grounds with a heated gunite pool.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026
These will be seen from the lofted windows of adjacent Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s soon-to-open David Geffen Galleries, and once the upgrades are completed the two campuses are meant to complement each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
She lofted her hair out neatly behind her and let it spread against her back to catch the sun.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
