uplifted

[ uhp-lif-tid ]

/ ʌpˈlɪf tɪd /

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adjective

improved, as in mood or spirit.

raised or elevated, as a beam.

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Origin of uplifted

1250–1300; Middle English: originally, past participle of uplift

A multi-sensory experience, guests will hear the words of FDR, hold a piece of American mythology and taste a flavor that uplifted downtrodden Americans during the Great Depression.
Clear your calendar for these spring events|Tinashe Chingarande|March 11, 2022|Washington Blade
She kind of said some words — it kind of got me uplifted, got me going.
When Paige Bueckers and Jalen Suggs faced each other, it was ‘just amazing stuff’|Dave Sheinin|April 2, 2021|Washington Post
We have to keep each other uplifted and realize that it will take us all to join together and hold each other up.
Marsai Martin’s Latest Partnership Is Nostalgic|Nandi Howard|March 19, 2021|Essence.com
We need to feel encouraged and uplifted, this is essential to the human spirit.
Pantone wants to cure your pandemic blues with a double hit of color|Anne Quito|December 9, 2020|Quartz

Most nights, Ryan Lisa is the last person to leave the church, locking the doors and leaving feeling uplifted — “thinking of the next time I’m going to do the show.”
Looking from the outside in, ‘Voyeur’ reimagines the life of Toulouse-Lautrec|Jose Solís|November 19, 2020|Washington Post
But these are not times when we need to be uplifted and showered with haughty rhetoric.
Why I'm for Mitt|Justin Green|November 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
She was holding the back of her chair with one hand; her loose sleeve had slipped almost to the shoulder of her uplifted arm.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
There is more of the uplifted forefinger and the reiterated point than I should have allowed myself in an essay.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Mrs. Highcamp remained, as usual, unmoved, with her indifferent stare and uplifted eyebrows.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
With one hand Honey-Bee held the uplifted skirt and with the other she offered the woman a gold piece.
Honey-Bee|Anatole France
From a distance came the divine notes of the diva uplifted in some passionate love song.
The Weight of the Crown|Fred M. White