lift
verb (used with object)
to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
unlifted
-
a word derived from
lift.
Example Sentences
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There have been many surmises and speculations as to what was said, but the veil of silence has remained unlifted until today.
From Time Magazine Archive
Finally, when no longer able to force the dogs through the blinding drift we sought the lee of an unlifted block of ice.
From My Attainment of the Pole by Frederick A. Cook
He spoke as the moderate leader who desired that his people leave the hatchet unlifted if they could do so with safety.
From Montlivet by Alice Prescott Smith
Even as I gazed upon the crucifix clenched in my unlifted hand, the message I so craved had come, for the cross was stained with blood, which from it fell in sluggish drops.
From The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts by Charles S. Bentley
His eyes reclosed and the mother drew back, but he whispered on with lids unlifted: "Sing—a verse or two—or just the chorus, won't you?"
From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by George Washington Cable
