How To Use Aloft In A Sentence

But the motive behind her achievement was not self-interest alone, nor the desire to carry aloft the banner of feminism.
A delectable path, for example, runs up behind the cemetery, bordered by butterfly orchids and lithospermum and aristolochia and other plants worthy of better names; it winds aloft, under shady chestnuts, with views on either side. Alone
The principal thing in this world is to keep one's soul aloft.
The team captains hold aloft the cup and together pull it apart to reveal two specially-made halves - in this game there are no losers.
Kahit na blimps ay mabagal, carry maliit na timbang, at nangangailangan ng malaking hangars sa bahay ang mga ito, ang isang kumpanya ng Aleman ay magkaroon ng isang ahas-tanga tulad ng disenyo na overcomes ang ilan sa mga shortcomings upang magbigay ng isang bapor sa hangin pangangasiwa na maaaring manatili aloft para sa araw. Ideonexus.com »2,009» Disyembre

It seemed to me that he displayed her on his arm as a falconer might hold aloft a. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
They brandished frontal bones, the dismembered quarters of kids and goats; they struck the bronze cantharus, they tossed the silver obba up aloft. Widdershins
Crafted in silver and gilt, the 60-cm high trophy features a golden globe held aloft by three silver columns.
Some have suggested she was holding a spear and shield proudly aloft, others that the goddess of beauty held a mirror - to admire her own reflection. Times, Sunday Times
As the final chord rang through the auditorium, the audience roared their approval and players held their instruments aloft in triumph. Times, Sunday Times
The storms are being driven by a clash of hot, humid air hitting much colder air aloft. Times, Sunday Times
Where was my mother in her white apron and holding aloft a wooden spoon?
The teddy bears will be equipped with their own small parachute and harness, and carried aloft by a giant kite - then dropped from a height.
He described times when the radar crew received requests for winds aloft at eighty thousand feet, ninety thousand feet.
The cutter lay like a log on the water, the reef-points rattling on the main-sail like a shower of small shot; and, every time he heard the sound, the man at the helm would raise his eyes aloft, and, fixing them steadily on the gaff-topsail for a minute or two, turn round and scan the horizon; and then, walking to the quarter, moisten his forefinger in his mouth, and hold it above his head. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition
The golfer is pictured on many of the front pages, kissing his trophy as he holds it aloft.
Then, all you have do is reel it in, lift your prize aloft, smile and get your photograph taken.
Jesus held his hand aloft above his eyes, so as to shield his vision from the glare of the sun, and blew wind through his lips.
Aye, aye, sir," the boy answered readily, for he enjoyed being aloft, and he clambered up the shrouds to the fore-topgallant yard and furled the sail, taking a pride in having it lie smooth and round on the top of the yard. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries
Of the hands forward, some of the watch were aloft, working at odd jobs about the rigging, while the drowsy clinking of a spunyarn winch somewhere on the forecastle, in the shadow of the head sails, accounted for the remainder. The Cruise of the "Esmeralda"
According to Page there are still more admirals ashore than ships afloat, more air marshals than squadrons aloft. Times, Sunday Times
He is by the foot of the mainmast with a haulyard in his hands as though hoisting something aloft. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea
Out spreads the canvas -- alow, aloft-boom-stretched, on both sides, with many a stun 'sail; till like a hawk, with pinions poised, we shadow the sea with our sails, and reelingly cleave the brine. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I (of 2)
We are sailing due westward and the sun, yet two hours high, is blazoning a fiery glory on the sea that spreads and gleams like some broad, jeweled trail, to where the blue and distant shadow-land lifts its carven front aloft, leaving, as it gropes, shades of shadows beyond. DARKWATER
Bruce threw his infantry reserve into the battle, the arrows of the English archers wounded the men-at-arms of their own side, and the remnants of the leading line were tired and disheartened when the final impetus to their rout was given by the historic charge of the "gillies," some thousands of Scottish camp-followers who suddenly emerged from the woods, blowing horns, waving such weapons as they possessed, and holding aloft [v. 03 p. 0355] improvised banners. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"
A charming effect was produced by a guard of honour, composed of members of the golf club, holding aloft crossed brassies, beneath which the happy pair passed into the church, while the caddies clashed niblicks and other iron clubs. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914
He carries a pickaxe in his left hand and holds a lighted torch aloft in his right.
For if the dead appear to the living mainly in the hours of darkness, it seems not unnatural to imagine that the bright points of light which then bespangle the canopy of heaven are either the souls of the departed or fires kindled by them in their home aloft. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia
Hereupon a wave like a steep mountain rose aloft in front as though rushing upon them, ever upheaved above the clouds; nor would you say that they could escape grim death, for in its fury it hangs over the middle of the ship, like a cloud, yet it sinks away into calm if it meets with a skilful helmsman. The Argonautica
Or from your country's flag hoisted aloft the podium to the rousing swell of your own national anthem? Times, Sunday Times
climbed aloft to unfurl the sail
In artificial wormeries the liquid has to be drained away and the worms kept aloft in the undigested matter. Times, Sunday Times
Like a rabbit borne aloft by a hawk, Semele hung gasping in his grip.
Lauritz, you young scamp, go aloft and clear the dogvane! Chapter XV
A 40 meter observation tower towers aloft on the region.
Nevertheless, persistence paid off, and man was finally able to soar aloft with improved gliding equipment.
Hornblower was about to return topside when the men from aloft scampered down the companionway.
And therewith I held the flasket aloft; but her face changed horribly; she sprang up in her chair and reached out her arm to clutch at the flasket, screaming like an eagle therewith. The Water of the Wondrous Isles
None knows when he departs from his home in the morning with his gun, ammunition, and alpen-stock, if he will ever return from the mysterious misty heights towering before him far aloft in the clouds. Harper's Young People, March 23, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly
They had the hatches open, tackles aloft, and men at work below whilst the mariners of other countries would have been standing looking on and "jawing" upon the course to be taken. The Frozen Pirate
The photo shows me aloft (they airbrushed the photograph to camouflage the torn clothing).
And it ended with him holding aloft yet another trophy as the season draws to a close. Times, Sunday Times
If you would go up high , then use your own legs ! Do not let yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people's backs and heads .(F. W .
Kahit na blimps ay mabagal, carry maliit na timbang, at nangangailangan ng malaking hangars sa bahay ang mga ito, ang isang kumpanya ng Aleman ay magkaroon ng isang ahas-tanga tulad ng disenyo na overcomes ang ilan sa mga shortcomings upang magbigay ng isang bapor sa hangin pangangasiwa na maaaring manatili aloft para sa araw. Ideonexus.com »2,009» Disyembre
Your last book, Aloft, was about a contemporary Italian-American suburbanite and his multi-ethnic family. Chang-rae Lee - An interview with author
This place is supposed to lie in the confines of Shropshire aloft vpon the top of an high hill there, enuironed with a triple rampire and ditch of great depth, hauing thrée entries into it, not directlie one against an other, but aslope. Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (4 of 8) The Fovrth Booke Of The Historie Of England
a purer and queenlier blood than that of the Guinevere she personated; the arch of her neck became more regal; her head rose aloft; her nostril distended itself, and she looked on with a proud smile, in full confidence that bold Lancelot would lose. Tiger-lilies
A shrine where saints and scholars met And held aloft the torch of truth Lies smouldering 'neath fair Brabant's skies, A ruined heapwar's prize in sooth 1 The Pilates of Teutonic blood That fired the brand and flung the bomb Now wash their hands of evil deed, While all the world stands ghast and dumb. Belgium and the Belgians
weather conditions aloft are fine
He was hoisted aloft by the crowds. Times, Sunday Times
After this outburst the man slept gently on, while the little girl still held the parasol aloft and looked down with a great wonder at the frowsy, unkempt creature, trying to reconcile it with the little part of life that she knew. THE HOBO AND THE FAIRY
The ordinary seamen, younkers, grummets, and ship-boys, did the work aloft, furled and loosed the sails, and did the ordinary, never-ceasing work of sailors. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.
V., a plastic bag of some clear solution held aloft by one of the paramedics.
If you would go up high , then use your own legs ! Do not let yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people's backs and heads .(F. W .
If you would go up high, then use your own legs! Do not let yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people's backs and heads.
Swagger and arrogance is all very well but until that huge European Cup is hoisted aloft it is merely bluster and bravado.
Eight oclock came, and the watch went below, and, for the whole of the first hour, the ship was tearing on, with studding-sails out, alow and aloft, and the night as dark as a pocket.
The principal thing in this world is to keep one's soul aloft.
The ball is kept aloft by a jet of air, so that it functions like a multidirectional treadmill. Mouse Runs on Trackball Through Virtual Maze
A man walks by, holding an empty Molson's Canadian beer carton aloft like a flag.
Nevertheless, persistence paid off, and man was finally able to soar aloft with improved gliding equipment.
He said that he really "funked" going aloft, for it made his head swim when he looked down. On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story
Meanwhile the Olympic Torch, in another ludicrous piece of faux pageantry, is to be paraded across London next month, held aloft by a series of 'celebrities'. Archive 2008-03-23
More excitement was caused by a newsvendor mounting a box and holding aloft a single copy of the latest newspaper which he would sell to the highest bidder. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben
Ellen yearned to make a riposte, to say that all this seeming prosperity was insubstantial as a fog, but Madame Angelique suddenly held her drawing aloft, declaring, But see, an illustration excellente! The Dressmaker
We are sailing due westward and the sun, yet two hours high, is blazoning a fiery glory on the sea that spreads and gleams like some broad, jeweled trail, to where the blue and distant shadow-land lifts its carven front aloft, leaving, as it gropes, shades of shadows beyond. DARKWATER
The two carriages, each the size of a single-deck bus and weighing 13 tons unladen, arrived in Aviemore borne aloft on a matching pair of stately low-loaders after a journey of some 1,200 miles.
Also, they were entering habitation, and soon a Cynthian was bound to notice him aloft. The Game Of Empire
Lebanon (that is, the cool melted snow water of Lebanon, as he presently explains), which cometh from the rock of the field (a poetical name for Lebanon, which towers aloft above the surrounding field, or comparatively plain country)? Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The principal thing in this world is to keep one's soul aloft.
Once at sea, cast your eyes aloft, there will be a dozen or more sailors swinging about in the rigging adjusting sails.
The frail craft, though buffeted by violent winds and sudden air pockets, stayed aloft.
Powerful lights made their white surplices glow like neon, and the pulpitted priest seemed to be borne aloft on a cloud of pure radiance.
Basseterre, and another French seaman, who was with him in the crossjack yard, having come down from aloft to our assistance. The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea
But the play was ruled a catch, as Perez attempted to dupe the umps by holding his glove aloft.
At the 'car' end of the prototype spectrum was the beach buggy borne aloft with a propeller and a parafoil. Times, Sunday Times
If you would go up high , then use your own legs ! Do not let yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people's backs and heads .(F. W .
They in turn are flanked, as on the altar of St. Benedict, by two holy bishops, Saints Denis (the putto is holding his head) and Augustine (holding aloft his burning heart). Neuzelle Abbey
eagles were soaring aloft
That is one reason why an inversion aloft is sometimes called a capping inversion. Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
The six-man, one-woman crew plans to spend 17 days aloft, a shuttle record.
We drew prancing starfishes; frogs in mortal combat; hydra-headed worms; stately crawfishes, standing on their tails, bearing aloft umbrellas; and grotesque fishes with gaping mouths and staring eyes. Louis Agassiz as a Teacher; illustrative extracts on his method of instruction
And all this, mind, a century before the Montgolfier brothers ever hoisted themselves aloft, so expect your time frames and tenses to be concertinaed as your credulity is stretched to its breaking point. This steampunk take on The Three Musketeers doesn't buckle my swash
Impassive he sits, aloof and aloft, ramparted by his desk, ensconced between curtains to keep out the draught -- for might not a puff of wind scatter the animated dust that he consists of? Yet Again
Well, going to sea, the mate told him to go aloft and help shake out the foreto'gallants'l. Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion
Muses told; and I sing obedient to the Pierides, and this report have I heard most truly; that ye, O mightiest far of the sons of kings, by your might and your valour over the desert sands of Libya raised high aloft on your shoulders the ship and all that ye brought therein, and bare her twelve days and nights alike. The Argonautica
Over the gallery grow the roses; out near at hand a bignonia-vine lifts its yellow flare aloft and throws down a fluttering shower of bell-like blooms, and all the air is heavy with the scents of the South. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas
It gave us Washington -- it gave us liberty, and bears our name aloft among the nations of the earth. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
Now, our man held aloft a stick with the houseboat's burgee on it, and a photograph was taken that we might not forget where our diverted road came out and where to go to meet the "friggetts" that might be coming in almost any time. Virginia: the Old Dominion
Modern aircraft are equipped with devices that recirculate tired germs, keeping them aloft and breathable even hours after passengers have deplaned.
The airplane was aloft for only 120 feet, but the flight was epoch-making: the first time a powered, heavier-than-air flying machine got off the ground to make a successful, controlled flight.
dust is whirled aloft
It was like a hang-glider, carried aloft by currents of warm air, coming to believe it could defy gravity forever.
Instead, Mr Fittipaldi held aloft a bottle of orange juice from his farm.
Mr. Pike sent look-outs aloft to every skysail-yard, and the Elsinore slipped along through the smooth sea. CHAPTER XVIII
And the Chapter 7 bankruptcy reorganization will float aloft on clouds of harmonious enthusiasm.
the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft
The glass icons, loopy reconstructions of classic Catholic heraldry, magically float off the white plush, as if held aloft by pure belief.
He was hoisted aloft by the crowds. Times, Sunday Times
Hear, hear; that's the first thing about poetry I remember learning--the alexandrine verse--its soft and hard accents--"aloft, I laughed. Surviving Yet Another Day
The lictors led the parade; four of them carried aloft the curule chair on an open litter. CONSPIRATA
So there he is again, holding aloft a silver trophy. Times, Sunday Times
The hero was borne aloft on the shoulders of the crowd.
Little kids held their figures aloft, and mommy and daddy beamed at how their kids were identifying with the soldiers.
Being aloft in the higher Seas, darke night over-taking them, and a mighty winde suddainly comming upon them: it not onely was contrary to their course, but held on with such impetuous violence; that the small vessell, being unable to endure it, made to land-ward speedily, and in expectation of a more friendly wind, entred a little port of the Sea, directing up into a small Island, and there safely sheltred it selfe. The Decameron
The world waiting ages to see a wealthy, privileged young man hold aloft a rich trophy with big ears. The Sun
The man eventually agreed to come down after more than 16 hours sitting aloft in freezing temperatures and rain.
Our gantlines (working lines), which are permanently rigged, are three strand Roblon and sized to be sufficiently strong for the purpose of sending people and gear aloft.
Instead, with her final throw she produced her season's best and held her arms aloft.
She was very heavily sparred, with a skysail on the main and stunsail booms aloft.
Not even explosions of ticker tape, elevating platforms, glowing stages, ghost-like dancers wielding flaming torches, dancing trees, roller-skating bees, and even a giant caterpillar could match the collective gasp when Williams finally appeared, alone, carried aloft on a glass chariot. Take That – review
I'm not asking for £30, a market stallholder will say, holding aloft some Chinese-made electronic good – but that is the figure he wants you to bear in mind. David Willetts has got his maths badly wrong on tuition fees | Aditya Chakrabortty
And thus I (aloft and at mine ease) and the fat fellow trotting breathless at the wheel we went awhile (and never another word) until, what with fear of losing his goods, what with the mud and heat and sweat, the poor gross fool looked wellnigh spent and all foredone (as I had seen many a better man than he), whereupon I brought the waggon to Black Bartlemy's Treasure
When we got down we found all hands looking aloft, and there, directly over where we had been standing, upon the main top-gallant-mast-head, was a ball of light, which the sailors name a corposant (corpus sancti), and which the mate had called out to us to look at. Chapter XXXIV. Narrow Escapes-The Equator-Tropical Squalls-A Thunder Storm
Villagers scramble towards the aircraft, arms aloft in supplication and eyes scrunched against the tornado whipped up by the rotor blades. Still marooned: plight of flood-stricken villagers in Pakistan's Sindh province
The 5ft-wingspan model could lead to the development of pilotless aircraft that can stay aloft indefinitely.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who carried aloft the torch of a Massachusetts dynasty and a liberal ideology to the citadel of Senate power, but whose personal and political failings may have prevented him from realizing the ultimate prize of the presidency, died at his home in Hyannis Port last night after a battle with brain cancer. POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: August 26, 2009
He began to doze, and enjoyed small intervals of ease, till next day in the afternoon; during which remissions, he was heard to pour forth many pious ejaculations, expressing his hope, that, for all the heavy cargo of his sins, he should be able to surmount the puttock-shrouds of despair, and get aloft to the cross-trees of The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
She felt rise within her a purer and queenlier blood than that of the Guinevere she personated; the arch of her neck became more regal; her head rose aloft; her nostril distended itself, and she looked on with a proud smile, in full confidence that bold Lancelot would lose. Tiger-Lilies. A Novel.
The graveside ceremony was brief (thankfully, as it was bitterly cold) and in spite of the slippery mud the pall-bearers did a sterling job of keeping the coffin aloft and lowering it into the grave without incident.
If you would go up high , then use your own legs ! Do not let yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people's backs and heads .(F. W .
I held them aloft, closed my eyes, turned my face to the heavens, and exhaled a breathy YES!
As they danced, some held aloft giant letters that spelt ‘VOTE’, though poor choreography had managed to anagrammatise the rest of the message.
He addressed the sailor that was aloft clutching the rigging for dear life.
I remember the figure of Abu Bakir, burnouse flapping, holding his phone aloft in salute and squinting into the sun. Tea in the Sahara: a road trip through the Libyan desert
A swarm of seagulls circle aloft, darting down in random attempts to steal a flounder.
An altar standing vpon goates feete, with a burning fire aloft, on the foreside whereof there was also an eie, and a vulture. Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame
Even when a loud "cloop" in the dark passageway to the kitchen told that another bottle was being opened as the omelet came in, borne aloft by white-robed Suey, crowned with red poppies and blue blazes, and set triumphantly before the mistress of the feast, Harris could detect no flutter of disapprobation. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War
Nothing but the point of her poop remained, and there stood the stern and steadfast Don, cap-a-pie in his glistening black armor, immovable as a man of iron, while over him the flag, which claimed the empire of both worlds, flaunted its gold aloft and upwards in the glare of the tropic noon. Westward Ho!
They have stout stems for holding proudly aloft, bold flower heads that last well and they keep a long time. The Sun
Once again, the caption is the same but this time the child's body is being paraded aloft by our ubiquitous helmeted rescue worker, but the tee-shirted character had moved from centre to right and is taking his turn to displaying his emotion to the camera. Milking it?
The principal thing in this world is to keep one's soul aloft.
This was the scene when more than 500 staff from Motorola held cards aloft to create a huge red nose as part of a fundraising bid for Comic Relief.
He described times when the radar crew received requests for winds aloft at eighty thousand feet, ninety thousand feet.
It appeared that while his comrades had been attending on Giuseppe, the third Corsican (whom they called Ste, or Stephanu) had filled up his time by rifling our camp; and of all our possessions he had chosen to select our half-dozen spare muskets and a burst coffer, from which he now extracted and (for his comrade's admiration) held aloft our chiefest treasure -- the Iron Crown of Corsica. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756
The captain in the meanwhile crowded her with sail; fifteen sails in all, every stay being gratified with a stay-sail, a boat-boom sent aloft for a maintop-gallant yard, and the derrick of Vailima Letters
Irrational economic exuberance brought other luxury touches, including hydraulic hinges that seemed to allow trunk lids end engine hoods to float up and remain aloft when open, as if by magic. The Volkswagen Jetta's graceful ride back down to earth
With this, he walked into the water, the hat held aloft so it wouldn't get wet.
This was more for effect than from any defect of vision, for he was as sharp as a needle; and could see a bit of spunyarn adrift or a rope out of place aloft even quicker than the commander, keen-sighted as he was. Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant
Like a rabbit borne aloft by a hawk, Semele hung gasping in his grip.
A gracefully curling wave base bears aloft a pair of dancing dolphins, while overhead, a frosted-glass shade softly gleams with gently colored images of these frolicsome creatures at play.
Not only chairs, but comfortable sofas await those who climb aloft.
As it was, Pigeon Tony was beaming at her from the springhouse, holding a Coleman lantern aloft like a stumpy Statue of Liberty. THE VENDETTA DEFENCE
Steering I picked up easily, but running aloft to the crosstrees and swinging my whole weight by my arms when I left the ratlines and climbed still higher, was more difficult. Chapter 17
A photograph of the new Russian champion holding aloft the title belt after the fight was even submitted, complete with black eye.
No. There is a volume of smoke, as if the chimney were in flame -- a tumultuous cloud pours aloft, straggling and broken, through the broad slate stones that defend the mouth of the vomitory from every blast. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2
Young birds may remain aloft for two or even three years at a time. A Taster « Tales from the Reading Room
It's amazing and while in flight, I'm always skeptical that the plane is going to remain aloft.
Once, however, I was not ordered "alow," but "aloft;" once I was allowed to have my fill of climbing. Ran Away to Sea
Albatrosses were already aloft, with occasional tropicbirds weaving between them.
Hands went scurrying aloft to get in the foretopsail and forecourse, and other hands went to the main braces. Mr. Midshipman Easy
I was woken, however, by the light of a candle being held aloft above my face, and the sight of Gerald peering down at me anxiously.
We hustled to pack up our tables and bags and, holding our tents aloft, started marching.
A gale of wind occurred on the coast, and the crew were ordered aloft to reef the fore-topsail. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale
The Lady of the Lake - her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur.
We hustled to pack up our tables and bags and, holding our tents aloft, started marching.
Strong winds aloft are likely the source of its disfiguration, and additional development is unlikely. Shary & friends keep tropical storm season alive
On the cover was a picture familiar to Mulcahy, a head-and-shoulders shot of Pope John Paul II, resplendent in vestments of green, white, and gold, holding aloft his crozier. The Priest
Orders were then given to set the jib and maintopmast staysail, and the former was set but the latter could not be, as the halyards were foul aloft.
This is perhaps where most readers depart company with Bloom, concluding that his kind of reading is finally an idiosyncratic and insular one, Bloom himself seated aloft in his own peculiar aesthetic empyrean. Principles of Literary Criticism
But the motive behind her achievement was not self-interest alone, nor the desire to carry aloft the banner of feminism.
To have the ship's company clearly visible on deck, or in the days of sail, aloft on the yards, meant that the guns were not manned.
The pose is dynamic, showing Ollie in action, having just loosed one of his arrows and with his bow still held aloft. Collectible Review: Heroes of DC Green Arrow Bust | Fandomania
Three proud times they have held aloft the trophy with the big ears. The Sun
She made a striking picture, Evelyn thought, with the great curve of her forecourse, which was still set, stretching high above the foam that spouted about her bows and tier upon tier of gray canvas diminishing aloft. Vane of the Timberlands
He raised his arms aloft with the air of a man who had both helped his team and made his point. Times, Sunday Times
This is the tale the Muses told; and I sing obedient to the Pierides, and this report have I heard most truly; that ye, O mightiest far of the sons of kings, by your might and your valour over the desert sands of Libya raised high aloft on your shoulders the ship and all that ye brought therein, and bare her twelve days and nights alike. The Argonautica
All day long the happy pair enjoyed each other's company aloft, leaping from corn-ear to thistle-head, from thistle-head to poppy, and back again to corn-ear, feasting, frivolling, stalking bluebottles. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character
_Saturn_ be content; for the upper light gives occasion thereunto, having generated an unfixt Body of _Saturn_, penetrated with open pores, that the Air can pass through this _Saturnine_ Body, that the Air can keep it aloft, but the fire can quickly assault it, because the body is not compact by reason of its unfixedness, so that it must decay, which must be in all points observed by him that will attain to the search of it; for there is a great difference between the fix'd and unfix'd bodies, and of the causes of their Constancy and Inconstancy. Of Natural and Supernatural Things Also of the first Tincture, Root, and Spirit of Metals and Minerals, how the same are Conceived, Generated, Brought forth, Changed, and Augmented.
During this banquet, the king, who sat aloft in a gallery about six feet from the ground, drank often to the general in the wine of the country, called arrack, which is made from rice, and is as strong as our brandy, a little of it being sufficient to set one to sleep. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08
Successfully aloft, the ship is unable to break free of the gravitational pull of the unwelcome comet.
The reverse of the coin has been designed to represent celebration, victory and sportsmanship with a triumphant figure holding aloft a streaming banner symbolising the lanes of a track or swimming pool.
If you are thinking about buying a sailboat, ask the surveyor if the rigging will be inspected aloft or from the deck.
This was an airplane that could take off and stay aloft as long as the fuel supply lasted, make turns and so forth.
You get the feeling that they would carry him aloft on their shoulders if they could. Times, Sunday Times
Yet recently, on the perron of the courthouse, I saw even a very simpleminded court usher, who, with the expert eye of a small-time patron at racetracks, was marveling at the lawyer as, lifting his thighs aloft, he climbed from step to step, his footfalls ringing on the marble. The Metamorphosis, in The Penal Colony,and Other Stories
And almost everyone would do everything it would take to get one – even if it means trampling on other people’s shoulders, just so they could be pushed down, while ensuring that the person being held aloft would be noticed and eventually bag the title eyed for. ALMORA, SACLAG AND BAYLE-NG: Do they deserve their awards?
Leading the procession and holding the cross aloft were Mrs. Anne Enright from the western side and Patrick Egan from Tarmons side.
If we attempt it, Sir, we shall lose them, for a man aloft can do nothing; besides their being down would ease the ship very little; the mainmast is a sprung mast; I wish it was overboard without carrying any thing else along with it; but that can soon be done, the gale cannot last for ever; 'twill soon be daylight now. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.
There are many such "knacked bals" in Cornwall, with their iron "bobs" -- horizontal, depressed, or raised aloft, according to the attitude in which they expired -- holding forth similar firm, silent, and perpetual protests and cautions. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines
This time I remained aloft, and Wolf Larsen succeeded in heaving to without being swept. Chapter 17
The source of the alarm that has my colleagues chittering on the termite mound like meerkats on the veldt who have espied a Martial Eagle coursing aloft is a report in EU Reporter by Chris White: Archive 2008-01-13
On a fine moonlit night it was grand to be up aloft. Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who Were There
This legacy includes colorful processions in which descended deities are borne aloft under high parasols and bending palms; native dances and dance-dramas in elaborate costumes and masks, to the clang-bong-ring of a gamelan; and intricate woodcarving, metalwork and hand-woven fabrics. Island Art, and All That Comes With It
We drew prancing starfishes; frogs in mortal combat; hydra-headed worms; stately crawfishes, standing on their tails, bearing aloft umbrellas; and grotesque fishes with gaping mouths and staring eyes. Louis Agassiz as a Teacher; illustrative extracts on his method of instruction
Stand aloft and alone upon rocky promontories. Times, Sunday Times
Although mortally wounded on her final mission, the plane nevertheless "battled" to remain aloft so that her crew would have enough time to bail out. 74 This conceit is partly explained by the standard procedure for bailing out while in enemy territory. Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II
It seems likely that the two songsters resented this influx of visitors and were proclaiming their territory from aloft.
I should have been fearful that she was not happy, that she was already repenting her rashness in promising to marry the Bayport "quahaug," but occasionally she looked at me, and, whenever she did, the wireless message our eyes exchanged, sent that quahaug aloft on a flight through paradise. Kent Knowles: Quahaug
I approached the fridge yesterday morning at breakfast with my arm aloft to pluck the box of choice from the cereal Manhattan above.
If you would go up high , then use your own legs ! Do not let yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people's backs and heads .(F. W .
The albatross has flown-the responsibility now rests on the observers of today and tomorrow to ensure it stays aloft.
The principal thing in this world is to keep one's soul aloft.
Or from your country's flag hoisted aloft the podium to the rousing swell of your own national anthem? Times, Sunday Times
All hands were then sent aloft, and for an hour or two we were hard at work, making the booms well fast; unreeving the studding-sail and royal and skysail gear.
The last puffs left us, and in the hushes, between the rumbles of the nearing thunder, the voices of the men aloft on the yards came to one's ear as if they were right beside one instead of being hundreds of feet away and up in the air. CHAPTER XXVIII
And the men jumped, though in their weakness the climb aloft was slow and toilsome; and when the gaskets were off the topgallant-sails and the men on deck were hoisting yards and sheeting home, those aloft were loosing the royals. CHAPTER XL
Next thing, he unbuttons his shirt and holds it aloft, soliciting passers-by: ‘Shirt for sale, no reasonable offer refused.’
It was near the close of the first watch when the fore-topsail getting loose on the lee yard arm, I went aloft to secure it. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale
Mrs Tollefsen holds aloft her adorable 22-month-old first IVF baby, Freya, as proof of what she calls her inalienable 'right to be a mum', whatever her age. Home | Mail Online

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