lift
verb (used with object)
to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
unlifted
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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
And grey cattle and silver lowed Against the unlifted morn, And straw clung to the spear-shafts tall.
From The Ballad of the White Horse by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow and the rust on his mail; And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpets unblown.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Charles Dudley Warner
There was plenty more, but the wind so ruffled the missive that, with unlifted eyes, he folded it.
From John March, Southerner by George W. Cable
But that was because the snow was still unlifted from him.
From The Other Girls by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
