How To Use Hoist In A Sentence

Oman: three horizontal bands of white, red, and green of equal width with a broad, vertical, red band on the hoist side; the national emblem (a khanjar dagger in its sheath superimposed on two crossed swords in scabbards) in white is centered at the top of the vertical band The 2001 CIA World Factbook
They moved through the forest only at night, and silen AWenger carrying the girl over the roughest parts to save I feet, allowing no one else to hoist her up. Briar Rose
Perhaps the biggest problem on top was making signals to the engineers in the yard below to prevent overwinding of the hoisting engines. The Great Bridge
The intruder was a big man, his face glistening with the effort of hoisting himself up. The Bullet Catchers
Should the English hoist their flag here, a new factory must be erected; the most eligible situation for which would be where the mosk now stands, or the mosk itself might be converted into one, and another rebuilt elsewhere; but to this the sultan has insuperable objections. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy

The movers will move it, and I could care less how they go about hoisting it out of the room and onto their truck.
JTP computer-controlled intelligent hoister is the construcion equipment specially designed for vertical transport of materials for construction and installation.
We still don't know for certain who took them, nor have I been able to find dateable pictures of Salts chimney with a hoist at the side to find out if Levi Firth could have been the photographer.
Sarah was just about to mount onto one when Fin without so much as a by-your-leave hoisted her up into the saddle and the tied her horse to his.
Just four weeks before the start of the festival 25 volunteers hoisted the arch into place using ropes.
On top there was the firemen, and what we called the hoist engineer (he run the bucket, the scooping bucket up and down, you know, in the mine), and a blacksmith, and a blacksmith's helper. Oral History Interview with Dock E. Hall, January 7, 1976. Interview H-0271. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
His face twisted in a parody of smile as he hoisted the grenade launcher.
He nodded, hoisting himself onto the bunk and motioning for me to toss him the extra pillow.
Televisions are in every rack, and a pneumatic overhead hoist is in each hangar bay, just to make the mechanics happy.
I hauled in the trailing ropes, hoisted this awkward sail reefed, the forestaysail being already set, and under this sail brought her at once on the wind heading for the land, which appeared as an island in the sea. Sailing Alone Around the World
The _shadoof_, or water-hoist, is patiently worked as it has been for thousands of years; while the cylindrical hoist employed in Lower Egypt was invented and introduced in The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology
The marker was older and weatherworn and low enough so that he could hoist himself up onto it, stretch and massage his legs. THE TATTOOED GIRL
After waiting a few minutes longer, the crew hoisted the lateen sail, and Yellow Handkerchief steered down toward the mouth of San Rafael Creek. YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF
Suddenly, on the gravelled path, unhurrying, cool, luxuriant, Mme. Swann appeared, displaying around her a toilet which was never twice the same, but which I remember as being typically mauve; then she hoisted and unfurled at the end of its long stalk, just at the moment when her radiance was most complete, the silken banner of a wide parasol of a shade that matched the showering petals of her gown. Within a Budding Grove
I get showered, dried and dressed in the shower chair, then a hoist lifts me into my motorised wheelchair. Times, Sunday Times
Hector thought she looked blowsy, her primness hoisted for the Missionaries squirreled away again.
The helicopter is fitted with a forward extendable in-flight refuelling probe and it can also hoist hose refuel from a surface ship whilst in hover mode.
Women in wet saris and men with lungis hoisted between their legs paddled in the spume to do puja, or worship. Indian Balm - Travels in the Southern Subcontinent
The full-jib was also set, and, as it departed in shreds, the fore-topmast staysail was being hoisted. CHAPTER XXXVIII
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
The biggest hoist of all, though, was the one his own career enjoyed.
TAFF (a smart boy, of the peat freers, thirty two eleven, looking through the roof towards a relevution of the karmalife order privious to his hoisting of an emergency umberolum in byway of paraguastical solation to the rhyttel in his hedd). Finnegans Wake
One of the Libertys signalmen grabbed a holiday ensignthe ships largestand hoisted the seven-by-thirteen-foot flag up the mast at 2:26 P.M. The Attack on the Liberty
You hoist a flag when you pull it to the top of its pole.
Some improvements including the installation of alarms, hoists and showers had been made but there were continuing problems which were likely to be reflected in hospitals across the country.
When possible, lifting should be avoided and appropriate equipment, such as a hoist, used in preference.
I grabbed the ledge of the window and hoisted myself up onto the roof.
He arose, but in the short interval, the throne had been hoisted from the floor to the ceiling, the Imperial figure appeared in new and more gorgeous apparel, and the interview was concluded in haughty and majestic silence. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The car on the bottom of the lake was hooked in and hoisted on to the bank.
There was also a small square sail which would be hoisted to a yard on the foremast and two trysails to be hoisted on the jigger.
Bobby hoisted his one-year-old son, Aidan, into a backpack and went to transfer two pet hawks from their outdoor weathering perch to an indoor mews.
I collected my pack of cigarettes from the crate, shoved them in my back pocket and hoisted the garbage bag over my shoulder.
Or from your country's flag hoisted aloft the podium to the rousing swell of your own national anthem? Times, Sunday Times
For less than $100 you can buy a circular aluminum antenna that can be hoisted in the rigging when needed, provided you have rigging.
Every opening into an elevator shaft or hoistway and every opening through a floor, other than a stairway, shall be closed when not in use. Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
Cleaning the windows of the Arndale tower was previously carried out by window cleaners abseiling down the side of the building, but the hoist system ensures a more efficient and safer job.
Sauron has accepted victory, and the sable banners of the Lidless Eye will be hoisted over the walls of the captured city.
Most athletes who have devoted themselves to training for the Olympics will not stand on the podium seeing their national flag hoist in their honour. Times, Sunday Times
The crane for hoisting goods is called a derrick, from this hangman. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook
By the close the barricades were down and the white flag had been hoisted. Times, Sunday Times
The captain gaffed the fish and hoisted it aboard - a 36 inch striped bass gasping on the non-slip grey deck. Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City
At 79, she is a prodigy of youthful energy in hoisting a hefty bundle of old tricks.
There were two other ensigns rolled into a ball ready to be fastened to the haulyard and hoisted in case of need. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1
A staunch Wicklow supporter he has been scarified for hoisting the Dublin colours in Balto, not a sneer at his roots, but his admiration for the capital county.
Quidam started punchily with Zoe's father and mother being hoisted up by a wire before the proceedings were unraveled with stunning effect.
The only access is either by helicopter or hoisted by a derrick from a boat small enough to maneuver close inshore. A Real Columbarium in the Pacific
Nanny hoisted her higher in her arms as the huntsman blew his horn and the hounds moved off.
The trick here is you can hit the release button to unhook the strap in the middle and slide the bag off, rather than hoist 30 pounds of groceries over your head.
He hoisted a heavy, laden pack onto his back, closed up the skiff, and bore a groundsheet and heavy sleeping-bag in his arms.
I normally shave at home , but on 15 August Independence Day I was invited by blind Ismail Chacha for the hoisting of our national flag , the chief guest was Rahebar Khan our municipal corporator.. Archive 2009-08-01
At the shrine he was hoisted onto a kneeler, where he prayed before the ivy-covered grotto.
Between victims being hoisted spaceward in reverse bungee jumps, weird optics suggesting repressed memories, father-son issues, white-Indian issues, Antietam, and a gift knife that LOOMS LARGE, the plot thickens into thin gruel. Michael Jones: Cowboys and Aliens
Hoisting my suitcase on to my shoulder, I turned and headed toward my hotel.
When they signaled for pickup, the crew chief talked the pilot down to a 30-foot hover and started hoisting.
These patents were for a steelyard, a candlestick, the anglet, a mason's hoist for bricks and mortar, and a balance (scale).
A friend and I ordered one on a recent visit, then watched the bartender deftly hoist and upend four bottles at once — rum, gin, vodka, and blue Curaçao — letting loose long strands of colorful liquid, as if from the udder of a magical cow. Supersized Cocktails
The sailors hoisted the flag and the ship was ready to start on a long voyage.
But he smiled that goofy crooked smile and raised his eyebrows at me, and I hoisted myself out of the pool, running and giving him a crushing hug.
The men's gums had started to rot from the lack of greenstuff; he had had hard work to stop them from eating the horses, on which their lives might yet depend; he had kept the beasts exercised by having their forequarters hoisted up once a day in slings, and making the grooms shout and hit at them, so that they thrashed about and got into a sweat. Funeral Games
For search and rescue missions the rescue hoist and winch are installed on the starboard side and the helicopter operates under hover trim control.
The students were hoist by their own petards, however, as Granada decided to transmit the programme anyway.
He took a gowpen of his own double chins, hoisting his head erect.
Lifting a living, moving being is far more difficult than hoisting a barbell with a constant weight.
I caused chaos, too, in the Houlton Silver Band, who were hoisting their instruments prior to marching off.
He was hoisted aloft by the crowds. Times, Sunday Times
The bus wheezed up the road to the village of Naggar, where we disembarked, hoisted our packs, and started hoofing it.
A group of youths hoisted their flag on top of the disputed monument.
A huge 60ft crane will be used to hoist a new fantail on to the back of historic Shipley Windmill.
The cartridge-activated device did not fire immediately, but by the time it did, the hoist cable was under tension from the parachute, making the cable hit the right sponson as the cable separated.
Inside the garage door the concrete was stained black with oil and a car was hoisted on a ramp.
Above that the hoist ropes become too heavy. Times, Sunday Times
When conditions finally permitted, it was all hands on deck as we formed teams heaving on a forest of ropes to hoist the huge sails.
Republicans: hoisting themselves by their own petards since that night in Fords Theater. Think Progress » Matthews Tells Congressman Grayson That He Doesn’t Represent ‘The Real World Of Congress’
The two of us decided this was a good time to switch roles; he would be the hoist operator, and I would be the swimmer.
With some difficulty he hoisted her onto his shoulders.
Yesterday Verity was hoisted to her feet by a crane at the end of the harbour wall. Times, Sunday Times
The power to hoist such weight is not all brute strength - though physical force is crucial.
Another barge also had to be hoisted by crane on to a low loader.
I placed my foot onto one of the knotholes on the trunk and hoisted myself up.
Swagger and arrogance is all very well but until that huge European Cup is hoisted aloft it is merely bluster and bravado.
The phrase "hoist on their own petard" springs to mind. Chris Weigant: Democrats Play Some Offense
Nothing did more to sectionalize Northern opinion and fire the Northern heart, and to lash the fury of the rank and file of those who were urged to vote as they had shot and who had hoisted above them the Bloody Shirt for a banner. Marse Henry : an autobiography,
In the United States, it is stipulated by law that public institutions such as schools will hoist the national flag.
The vet said the best way to help him is to use an industrial winch - like the ones used to hoist engines from cars - to stand the eight-stone pig upright.
The lounge is like a hospital ward with a hospital bed and a hoist and a settee.
Stainless steel arches, polished to a mirror finish, will be pieced together on the site and fastened to the main structure, which will then be hoisted across the river and fastened in place.
The sailors hoisted the cargo onto the deck.
We also hope to build an overhead railway system which will transport people with severe handicaps on hoists from the car park to the changing rooms to the pool.
Live fuel, hoisted in chafing dishes at the end of long poles, and being seen at a great distance, serves, by the smoke in the daytime and the light at night, as a better signal for march than the sound of Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
I had the chance to talk with one combat flight medic who specializes in something known as hoist maneuvers, basically being dangled from a helicopter and dropped into tough areas to rescue the injured. CNN Transcript Sep 19, 2009
Then I hoist myself out of the freezing tub, and the two women wrap me in a thick, warm robe with a hood.
A bomb disposal team checked the tank was carrying no live shells before it was dug out and hoisted clear by crane. The Sun
Can you imagine the population of any other country on earth not knowing which way is the correct way to hoist their national emblem? The Sun
And, as any traveler knows, it's also a good movement to do to avoid straining your back or shoulders when hoisting a heavy bag into a small overhead compartment.
The hoisting beam still jutted out from the roof but its wheel had long since rusted from years of disuse. ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
And the really great news is that the hoist for launching boats into the harbour will still be in operation.
(obsolete) ` to carry from one place to another '; ` to hoist; to raise a ship's anchor; to ascertain the heaviness (WEIGHT) of anything; to consider, to compare' [from Old English wegan ` to move, to carry, to weigh ']. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3
Before we hoist one for Pete, let's also remember that he's one of the best choirmasters in the country.
And among the five young trees a hoisted lintstock lit the lamp at Leahy's terrace. Nick Mamatas' Journal
I daresay she put her petard out there to be hoisted, which is what she's being paid to do. Who's The Dummy, Mummy?
Visibility was always the main drawback to this medium, accentuated when steam propulsion permitted ships to ignore wind direction so that flag hoists might be end-on to those supposed to read them.
Wedding guests climbed aboard a platform hoisted into the air by a crane. The Sun
Galveston or Boston (she having had two American registers); that she left Maulmain as the Texan Star, and on leaving there hoisted American colours; that the name Martaban, of Maulmain, was painted by the captain's nephew two days after leaving that port; that the English flag was hoisted for the first time when the Alabama hove in sight this day; and that no articles were signed by them at Maulmain; nor, indeed, was any agreement made by the crew to serve in a British vessel, all hands, in fact, believing her to be American. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter
I hoist my tankard to you, sir, and blatantly violate my own moral compunctions against posting again. Elderly Women Charged With Beating Fawn To Death
In this paper, a method to determine and calculate terminal test load is pointed out for adjusting brake rope parachute gear for cage hoisting in auxiliary shaft.
Each week the whistling dustman came down the back garden, hoisted the full dustbin on his shoulder, carried it up the garden and tipped the contents into the dustcart.
The rebels hoisted the white flag of surrender.
Bhandare hoisted the national flag at the occasion and the ceremonial march past was held at Mahatma Gandhi marg. Archive 2009-01-01
He had nae ill will to the Whig bodies, and liked little to see the blude rin, though, being obliged to follow Sir Robert in hunting and hoisting, watching and warding, he saw muckle mischief, and maybe did some, that he couldna avoid. Redgauntlet
She cleared the weight to her shoulders but could not hoist it overhead.
The new Namibian flag was hoisted up the flagpole.
Once in the water, the hoist promptly snarled in the parachute's shroud lines.
The power to hoist such weight is not all brute strength - though physical force is crucial.
Several times a day, Devi drapes a red sari above her blue eyes, hoists a 2.5-gal. (10 L) brass vessel atop her head and walks to the nearest hand pump.
The Hills Hoist is an Australian Icon, and there’d be a revolt on the order of Eureka if someone tried to ban them. Tobacco Farmers and Clotheslines - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
When the throat halliard is belayed, hoist the peak until deep, full wrinkles appear in the throat of the sail.
It was indeed a clever plan to entrap his opponent, but in the end he was hoist by his own petard.
A couple of scantily dressed girls hoisted themselves on top of them and began dancing, throwing their boas into the crowd.
Marius, girt round by a company of centurions, with the crimson tunic hoisted on a spear, and followed by the alalagmos of the Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
And the neoconservative school of columnists was almost unanimous in jeering at Rushdie for being hoist by his own petard. Holy Writ
To register their protest, students hoisted black flags in the University premises.
A twenty-foot steel pyramid is to be hoisted into position on top of the tower.
In preparation for the June 3 launch, Tycho Brahe is hoisted atop the HEAT-1X rocket engine in an undated picture.
He hoisted himself on to one of the bar stools and nodded in greeting to the barman who was busy serving another customer.
TADANO automobile hoists the original import, six Ling five boom, Nissan chassis, computer , Crane Performance intact!
Powered by the energy-efficient KONE EcoDisc® hoisting machine, the double-deck elevators consist of two elevator cars in the same hoistway, one on top of the other. WebWire | Recent Headlines
The students were hoist by their own petards, however, as Granada decided to transmit the programme anyway.
We had to hoist the fish in and out of the holding tank and then onto the sling before lifting them gently over the gunwales to release them.
They were hoisted up by crane last month. Times, Sunday Times
Steve hoisted the assault rifle off his shoulder, and placed the stock against his shoulder, aiming straight ahead.
Outside on the bank, he squinted up the flagpole and hoisted the RNLI ensign. THE MAIN CAGES
The hoisting beam still jutted out from the roof but its wheel had long since rusted from years of disuse. ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
The rectangular steel hatches (made of a lost Nazi era alloy that remains unrusted to this day, some fifty years later) allow access to a high capacity ammunition hoist system that can feed the two shells a second appetite that this beast can deliver at the touch of a button. Archive 2007-11-01
When the weights reach the floor the clock has to be wound, hoisting the weights back up.
During a stores transfer the jackstay supports a ‘traveller’, a travelling hoist to which loads of up to 2t may be coupled.
Thus it is more profitable to dig for antiquities even in authorised excavations than to work the water-hoist, which is one of the usual occupations of the peasant. The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology
The sailors hoisted the boat up, and swung it in on the davits. The Lost Poacher
The stadium rose as a marching band triumphantly played the anthem and guards hoisted the national flag.
Above that the hoist ropes become too heavy. Times, Sunday Times
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
I could not be absolutely certain of her identity until her hull should heave up clear of the horizon, but that jaunty steeve of bowsprit and the hoist and spread of those topsails were all very strongly suggestive of the A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron
Their swordfish was hoisted on to the scales at the end of the dock. AMAGANSETT
For his next trick, the onetime Michigan cheerleader will grip one friend by the shoulders and hoist himself into an arm-to-arm handstand. Alumni Dust Off the Pom-Pons
Installation involved hoisting the reactor by crane and gently lowering it into a prefabricated steel structure.
The tramming of ore by hand through such a distance would cost about double the amount to hoist it through Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration
The doe is served with cauliflower, rapini and potato, which hug a cut of deer meat hoisted on a thin bone rising out of the centre of the dish.
The vet said the best way to help him is to use an industrial winch - like the ones used to hoist engines from cars - to stand the eight-stone pig upright.
Ian hoisted himself onto the countertop and looked around in amazement at the high ceilings.
There was one woman, also in a wheelchair, who instead of getting out at the bottom of the stairs and walking up, insisted on a mechanical hoist to lift her, chair and all, up to the plane's door.
Later, a version of Walking on the Wall resurfaced in Set and Reset, when five dancers hoisted one woman so that, perfectly horizontal, she walked on the proscenium and walls of the stage.
Motorists face delays this weekend as two giant cranes hoist a new bridge onto the M60.
Scores of other women lurking on the nearby pavements streamed in to join them, hoisting placards demanding action to end the cholera epidemic. Times, Sunday Times
Lupone, who played sousaphone in her high school marching band, will be hoisting a tuba onstage.
Outside, on the front lawn hoisted atop a wooden flagpole, an eternal blank check waves bravely in the breeze.
`What I'm goin' to do," said so softly Bauman barely heard it, `-- what I'm goin' to do, is hoist corrections on their own petard. STONE CITY
The specially constructed trailer, unique to the Cleveland area, has a Ferrari Hyab-type hoist mounted midway along its length.
The warehouses are built of stone and have wooden beam hoists on the gable walls.
Eir pantomimed a pair of talons hoisting the golem into the air and letting it go. GuildWars Edge of Destiny
Hoist your sail when the wind is fair.
They were hoisted up by crane last month. Times, Sunday Times
"So she doesn't think Im her type, huh?" Luke grunted as he hoisted his body up once more.
Hoisting myself into the forest, I saw everything in crayon colours: a bright-blue British Legion hut, orange bracken, bright-red leaves of gean in the woods, the black shadows of yew. Wildwood
The full-jib was also set, and, as it departed in shreds, the fore-topmast staysail was being hoisted. CHAPTER XXXVIII
The cargo was hoisted aboard by crane.
He was hoisted aloft by the crowds. Times, Sunday Times
It is as if he views his life's marvels not as a trophy to hoist for the camera, but as a gift to steward and share. Christianity Today
A skysail was a lightweight sail hoisted to the very peak of the mast, used only in extremely faint winds.
External catalyst cooler is located between hot oil pump room, regenerator and catalyst tank, very difficult to be hoisted.
Wyatt hoisted himself up into the truck and began to push and shove the rest of the load on to the clattering pile.
They had dug down beneath the cracked pipe, slipped supports under it and hoisted it into position and then bound it with tape and glue. Bomber
Outside, there are queries over a hoist with unprotected moving parts and no fencing, not to mention four sharp steel posts erected at the bottom of another stairwell.
Every morning the Indian flag is ceremonially hoisted on a central flagpole, an unusual practice for businesses here.
This action results from some of the on-board innovations such as an auxiliary winch to deploy the main winch, chain / davit hoists for heavy equipment/machinery and a grease operated track adjuster.
Visitors walk along corridors above it as if hoisted by sheer sweetness and light. Times, Sunday Times
The sailors hoisted the flag and the ship was ready to start on a long voyage.
Watching ignorant lefties (didn’t read the law) and/or evil lefties (supporters of illegal entry) hoist with their own petard is very satisfying theater indeed. San Diego to Arizona: “Look, just because we called you racist bigots…” | RedState
Visitors walk along corridors above it as if hoisted by sheer sweetness and light. Times, Sunday Times
Most athletes who have devoted themselves to training for the Olympics will not stand on the podium seeing their national flag hoist in their honour. Times, Sunday Times
In addition to the moderately heavy labor of hoisting boxes and loading vans, I do some craft-ish archiv-y handwork as well: simple conservation treatments (paper mending and repair), construction of protective enclosures (custom boxes), and all manner of things to do with exhibit preparation, fabrication, and installation. “work forms us, and deforms us” | clusterflock
More prosaically, the Kombai tribe in remote Papua New Guinea swamps hoist their dwellings as much as 30m up towering sago palms to avoid enemies and repel mosquitoes.
Immediately on receipt of the news the red ensign was hoisted on the Victoria Tower, the town hall bells were rung, the press flagstaffs were decked with bunting and the consular flags were hoisted.
‘Yeah, I've got it,’ I answered, hoisting myself up and over the edge and back onto solid ground.
Disability rules demand the provision of ramps and a hoist where possible.
Deep scienced in the mazy lore Of mad philosophy: but now Hoist sail, and back my voyage plough Life of Johnson
She pulled the plug and raised the hoist to remove Miss Hourie from the water.
This paper points out one kind of new type four - connecting rod self - locking hoist.
The sailors hoisted the trysails a little way, tightened the sheets, fixed bunts to the sail, and strengthened the tackle and the stop of the lateen yard, set two men to watch at each fall and bade them look out for squalls.
The intruder was a big man, his face glistening with the effort of hoisting himself up. The Bullet Catchers
But they have discovered what we would call gaseous oil, and have learned to put it to work, so that it is the main force employed in hoisting and all other purposes where power is required. Life in a Thousand Worlds
And we have a very helpless feeling, because we didn't have any hoists or rescue equipment on board the helicopter.
A helicopter hoisted the final section of the bridge into place.
Six wood panels set within slender steel frames open helically over 12 minutes, as the roof forms a star-like pattern and recalls traditional hoist technology used in theaters for centuries.
Hoist your sail when the wind is fair.
In New York City, cranes are prohibited from hoisting materials or equipment over city streets.
Umar Akmal (17 not out) and Misbah (43no) combined for three boundaries as Roach's next over went badly awry and the former hoisted Bravo over mid-off for four more to clinch victory. Pakistan's Ahmed Shehzad scores century to subdue West Indies

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