Uplifted
[,ʌp'lɪftɪd]
Examples
- This was the moment when the death was uplifted, and there was no escape. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He wanted to train me to an elevation I could never reach; it racked me hourly to aspire to the standard he uplifted. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Chancing for an instant to look down, his glance rested on an uplifted face, flushed, smiling, happy, shaded with silky curls, lit with fine eyes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He laid his hand on the child's uplifted head. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- One feels so UPLIFTED, so UNBOUNDED . D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It matters little why or wherefore I am affected, no power can avert the stroke, and the shadow of Fate's uplifted hand already darkens me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Barraclough uplifted the palms of his hands and the whites of his eyes, evincing in the gesture a mere burlesque of hypocrisy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The herald, then, seeing each champion in his place, uplifted his voice, repeating thrice--Faites vos devoirs, preux chevaliers! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Caliphronas made a dart at Crispin with uplifted hand, but Maurice sprang up and caught him in his arms, where he writhed like an eel. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Only souls uplifted, as the soul of Jesus of Nazareth was uplifted, can say of all the world, Behold my mother and my brethren! H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Presently one of the crew spied the approaching Claytons, and with a cry of: Here's two more for the fishes, rushed toward them with uplifted ax. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Kneeling down and pouring out her thankfulness with uplifted hands, her thanks were for her father. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Checker: Sandra