How To Use Lifted In A Sentence

He had me by the arm and lifted me, forcibly, to my feet.
The boracic powder was lifted in my absence from the _Pharmacie_ to try and get the first glimmerings of a slide on that sticky creosoted floor. Fanny Goes to War
She lifted her veil with both hands.
The tapu (sacredness) must be lifted from the manuhiri (visitors) before one can enter.
But, as soon as that box landed, as soon as he delved in and lifted out his brassie and his spoon and his cleek, Reid did not have a single complaint in the whole wide world.

Capital controls would be lifted, at which point the currency would devalue further. Times, Sunday Times
Stooping, I lifted the belt, ornamental silver medallions that tinkled faintly together like coins of small denominations. I'LL TAKE YOU THERE
Reporting restrictions on the trial have been lifted .
John lifted his eyes from his book.
The flames still lifted from the hippies "log fire, but they were asleep in their shanties and lean-to huts. RUSHING TO PARADISE
And it adds piquancy to the tale that many of these changes appear to be lifted straight out of her own book of cultural reform.
He said: ‘The starboard sponson had lifted a foot out of the water and the craft was rolling heavily.’
Then she lifted her body, piteously, the sweet, rounded centralities of her, to me. Guardsman Of Gor
A helicopter airlifted him back to his mother. Times, Sunday Times
The trashcan is wheeled, so the whole can be lifted and rolled, though it would require some effort.
The boy entering the room about that time lifted such a protest that a "Vergil" and a "Cicero" were recovered from the flames, but the other books, including some good original manuscript, went up in smoke. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers
A veil of acknowledgment swept across her face as she slowly lifted her eyes and shifted her expression to see me.
He lifted the cup for the fifth time this year .
The fog lifted
No belief flowered in the grim Elasian face, but the agonizer's threatening touch lifted. Firestorm
As the machine lifted, it caught the sun above the forest margins, and burnished the fair hair falling carelessly over her forehead. A DAYSTAR OF FEAR
When you disturbed them the seeds of rose-bay willow-herbs lifted like air bubbles into the beam of light.
Kicking off in 1944, the film opens with the type of prologue that could have been lifted straight from the Indiana Jones escapade, Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Amy lifted her arm to wave. "Goodbye," she called.
An 'the ould mother fox she lifted the lid o' the pot, and the rashkill untied the bag, and hild it over the pot o 'bilin' wather, an 'shuk in the big, heavy shtone. Faith Gartney's Girlhood
A fitful breeze stirred the pale foliage over her head, now and then showering her with pink petals from the lingering blossoms; from beneath her rose the damp sweet fragrance of soft earth and green grass, nearby a meadow-lark sang plaintively; somewhere a robin called arrogantly to his mate in the nest; from the valley, stretching below the sloping orchard, a violet mist lifted. Red-Robin
He lifted me up on his back and gave me a piggyback ride downstairs.
We have lifted our speed up to maximum and then slowly ease it down. The Sun
When all the yarn has been entered into the dye-bath, the first stickful is lifted out, the yarn turned over and re-entered in the dye-liquor, this operation is carried out with all the sticks of yarn until the cotton has become dyed of the required depth. The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student
Steel sections are being lifted by cranes to the top of the glass pyramid, where workers wearing safety harnesses bolt them together. The Sun
I'm not trying that again… He lifted his heavy bulk from the watery depths and onto the grass.
The second crew lifted off on 28 July of the same year and remained on board for nearly 59 days.
I carefully lifted the tiny beaker to Ash's mouth and poured it in, then covering his mouth and nose, forcing him to halfheartedly swallow it.
This would mean that the districts would be more accessible and food supplies could reach them by road as well instead of having them airlifted which is more expensive. News
Irish exporters, shipping companies and road hauliers have campaigned for the height restriction to be lifted to accommodate all trucks entering the country through Dublin Port.
When the Reserve Bank acted and lifted rates in March, consumer sentiment took a battering, falling 16.6 per cent.
Ready availability being the most precious of Prohibition virtues, gin was lifted above the historical pedigree that led Willa Cather to call it “the consolation of sailors and inebriate scrub-women.” LAST CALL
He had already lifted the skin flap to depart, when a low exclamation brought him back to the girl's side. The Sun of the Wolf
He ignored Sir Ralph's corpse but lifted back the insignia over the hospitaller's and the canvas sheet which lay underneath.
Snappers strike viciously when lifted from water or teased and can inflict a serious bite.
He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.
The thieves had scaled two fences and dragged the pup out of her locked kennel and lifted her over the walls, leaving two less valuable dogs behind.
A very typical view of them is with their head lifted to see if there is anything on the underside of a leaf above them. Times, Sunday Times
He knelt inside a globe of pale fire, his face lifted to the chains, his eyes closed.
The machine's arms lifted up, grasping it's head, rock and stone cracking and falling off in large boulders.
‘They were replaced as many of them were broken, cracked or lifted,’ he said.
He said: ‘These were then lifted one at a time into place on top of the supporting piers to form the bridge.’
When the ‘toddlers' truce’ was lifted the search was on for programmes to pack the vacant hour; Twizzle helped fill the vacuum.
Parking restrictions were lifted, with the result that the road is permanently blocked by cars.
In shady corners, deeper in the wood, the fragrant pyrola lifted its scape of clustering bells, like a lily of the valley wandered to the forest. Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness
The mist shrouding the valley had lifted by eight o'clock.
A portage is a place between lakes and rivers where the waters become so shallow or rapid that they cannot be navigated, and the boats have to be lifted ashore and carried overland until it is possible to take to the water again. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 41, August 19, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
The sails were lifted, though they also used the mechanical engine to steer the ship more easily.
I'm not a fan of the honours system, or peerages in general because very few genuinely deserve to be lifted in status.
Wilhelm lifted his head and fastened his eyes on the darkened house for a long moment, as though etching that sight into his mind forever.
After it gushes from the fountain in the temple precinct, the water is lifted by shadoof, water wheels, to the gardens of the palace, or sent by canals to every quarter of the city. ' Warlock
That he was the one who thought of addressing and acting on the issue has lifted my estimation of Mr Rudd very much.
I'm uplifted by good reggae, but also old music like jazz, and the greats like Nat King Cole.
Then such a wave of despair and anguish overwhelmed him, the irrevocableness and implacability of fate so smote him, that he lifted up his head and howled aloud. Flush: a biography
She lifted herself up to a sitting position, and pulled her face close to his, as if she was about to kiss him.
Eline caught Joe around the waist and half-lifted, half-pulled him into place on the commode.
Tess put down both plates and lifted the covers off. "Mmm," Brian said "Smells good."
On Sudan, are we not uplifted by the prospect of peace and concord between our brothers in that country?
Tender bulbs can be either treated as annuals and composted or tossed out, or they can be lifted and stored.
When the heat haze lifted, the island could be seen clearly.
A helicopter airlifted him back to his mother. Times, Sunday Times
Here an exclamation of "Mercy, mercy!" called the esquire's attention, and he beheld his amiable consort sinking aghast, with uplifted hands on Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems
The opponent's leg can also be lifted to unbalance or to throw the opponent backward.
Half-hardy fuchsias and pelargoniums will need to be lifted, potted and sheltered for winter.
She lifted the clothes out of the pot on the end of the pole and transferred them to a fresh-water butt to rinse.
Over a ton of weight was then lifted gingerly out of the soil by a crane.
Don't make me laugh, it hurts (especially after the lid got lifted the latest cesspit in mutual funds).
It was after the ceremony that the veil was lifted and the groom and bride were able to kiss which is the symbol of a beginning of a physical relationship.
Civilian trap in the beleaguer city has been airlifted to safety.
7 Autumn-flowering perennials such as aster, rudbeckia, helenium and heliopsis can be lifted and divided as they begin to grow away. Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
The elderly Thaumaturge, dressed all in grey samite, lifted Ullanoth's right hand, which had been partially covered by her gown. IRONCROWN MOON: PART TWO OF THE BOREAL MOON TALE
The gaudy decorations are out, the over sized Yuletide props have been forklifted into position by underpaid migrant workers, and the same CD played at this time every year since 1989 can be heard tinkling through the mall.
The presence of an extra rib or hypertrophied muscles of the shoulder or neck can make this even tighter and when the arm is lifted, the vessels can be blocked.
This website cleverly lifted one intemperate remark by a well-respected scientist and all of you are commenting on it as if this remark is the sum total of his arguments. Think Progress » Leading Climate Skeptic Compares Gore to Hitler
What better time to hear gay and lesbian voices lifted in song?
The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.
But, through a tawdry heap of bushes, he watched the procession and the bare wooden coffin lifted by altar boys.
For the unconscionable fellow, owing to this coheirship which he pretends to disesteem, has been made privy to experiences which must not only have been extraordinary to so plain and humdrum a person, but which have been, as I happen to know, of great importance to him, and which -- to put the thing at its highest -- have lifted him, dull dog as he is, into regions where the very dogs have wings. Lore of Proserpine
The reinstatement of the ban generated concerns from consumer groups that the government should not have lifted the ban on US beef imports in April.
She passed the captain and, refusing to acknowledge him, lifted her chin high and looked in the other direction.
I've seen the footage countless times, yet it is not the whole four minutes from start to finish which are seared on to my memory, but the single image of Coe's contorted face and uplifted arms as he crosses the finishing line.
A contestant from Taiwan lifted 112 kilograms to take the lead in the clean-and-jerk round. A Golden Olympics, According to Beijing
There were fears hundreds of tonnes of fruit would rot unless the red-tape was lifted.
The digger lifted its feet and reversed in a wide arc and dropped the hydraulic shovel. BLOOD IS DIRT
Between whiles, and all the while, he gauged the gusts, and ever his eyes lifted to the main-topgallant-yard. CHAPTER XXXVIII
Dov Kalmenzohn lifted the telephone receiver and called a number.
In May 1949 they lifted the blockade. The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877
The plot of the five-issue miniseries is loosely based on the Fall Out Boy song "Tiffany Blews" and will focus on "a mysterious toymaker, a cyborg gal named Tiffany and a kid in a bear suit that looks lifted from the cover of Fall Out Boy's Folie á Deux," their latest album released last year. Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz to write Fall Out Toyworks for Image | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
I lifted the receiver with caution, listening for the white noise of a long-distance connection.
He lifted a small glass phial that gleamed ruby-red, removed its stopper, and put four drops into a cup. IRONCROWN MOON: PART TWO OF THE BOREAL MOON TALE
A megabase with three rings of security, Bagram serves as a kind of clearinghouse where troops are processed and then airlifted to their frontline positions. Life At Bagram
And the narrow victory lifted Wibsey above the east Leeds side into the second promotion position.
Existing bans on products such as whole milk powder, milk, cream, ice cream and some butterfat products will also be lifted.
His fingers uncurled as Sharon lifted her wrist free. Western Man
As the soil was very friable due to being sieved into all treatment plots, rows were lifted with a garden fork and the retrieved roots were taken as representative of the root system.
She was lifted up to the presence of God, and her experiences filled her with joy and confidence.
Jamie growled to himself and lifted his hands in a tense strained pose, ready to strangle.
They had been lifted from a garbage can used by bureaucrats in some Soviet Russian Consulate, pilfered by what old British spy novelists used to call a "charwoman", in Yankee parlance, a janitor. Richard H. Smith: Could a California Budget Fix Threaten National Security?
I think he was a president that uplifted the office.
Reaching over the reception desk, he lifted the telephone receiver.
He lifted the trade embargo on Vietnam and pledged to work towards the creation of a trans-Pacific free-trade zone.
Alexander lifted the linen miter from his head; light as it was, he could not bear its weight any longer. THE FAMILY
I lifted the lid of the box and peered in.
Thrust out and lifted just above the snow of the tuft before me was the jeweled hand of a kinnikinick; and every snow-deposit on the slope was held in place by the green arms of this plant. Wild Life on the Rockies
I still will not respond to comments here, nor will I allow a flamewar to brew, but I will not be banning people, and I've in fact lifted all the bans from the last go-round on this topic. Cease fire.
With his right hand, he lifted away his iron veil, his crown and mask and gorget, exposing his slender face.
A major barrier between human beings and digitally stored information had been lifted.
The corneal periphery scars, and this is why a flap can be lifted months later for enhancement.
Around sunrise, the concentration of geese we'd hoped would keep our barrels warm lifted off its roost and, in steady waves, flew away.
After the ceremony, the bride lifted up her veil to kiss her husband.
She closed her eyes and lifted her face up to the skies, feeling the gentle breeze caress her face as she slowly let go of everything on her mind.
Lou lifted the box easily, without using much effort.
As she lifted herself up from the computer console, walking towards her cabin in a dizzy, almost vertiginous way, she tripped on a sharp object.
He lifted the bag of diamonds and turned it upside down with one surprisingly swift movement: like little cockroaches, the jewels escaped and beetled off in all directions: “There, ya snuffling swine, truffles fer ya!” At a Welsh Wedding
This combination uplifted the spirits of every soul lucky enough to be allowed inside.
nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss
At the brink of the chasm the upper half of his body rose for an instant with the arms uplifted.
They lifted millions of people from poverty with micro loans.
Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.
At nine o'clock that brilliant morning the Britannia lifted off, and he spoke to Berna. SEIZE THE RECKLESS WIND
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital. The Sun
Seth lifted his hands before him, looking at the knobbiness of his fingers, the gaunt cords in his wrists. Archive 2004-07-01
In previous years, teams like Galway and Kerry have lifted the cup prompting the commentators to predict an extended reign as the kings of football.
With each shovel of dirt lifted up to expose the layer beneath, he's found the markers leading the way to understanding who he was, who he became and who he is meant to be.
I went back into my kitchen and lifted the lid on the skillet to sniff the steam that burst out. FOLLOW THE SHARKS
Contracting her abs, she keeps her chin lifted and raises her upper torso as high as possible.
Technology stocks also helped the two small-cap indexes as earnings and earnings preannouncement news lifted several companies. Swift Energy Gains 4.7%; Ceradyne Declines 14%
Yet when the clamour died away, the mists lifted to reveal what had been achieved.
Palawan (along with the Calamianes and the island of Mindoro) was rifted (below water) from the Asian mainland approximately 32 million years ago, transported through seafloor spreading across the growing South China Sea, added to the growing Philippine Archipelago approximately 17 million years ago, and uplifted above water approximately 5-10 million years ago. Palawan rain forests
The ferocious second-half free kick which lifted him clean off his feet was impressive.
She leaned down and scooped the child in her arms and lifted her up.
• And finally, the title grumpiest man of the week goes to author Howard Jacobson, whose view of modern life doesn't appear to have been lifted by his long-awaited Booker triumph with The Finkler Question. Hugh Muir's diary
The morale-boosting victory lifted the gloom hanging over the club amid the uncertainty surrounding its future.
It seems possible that there may have been in this region some great lake which lifted the waters up to the top of the ridge to begin their work of corrasion. The Romance of the Colorado River
The strict curfew has now been lifted.
If Iraq sticks to road map laid out for it by United Nations, sanction could be lifted without more ado.
She sat in the churchyard of the ancient parish church of Ruthven; and when she lifted up her eyes, there she saw, in the half-ruined belfry, the old bell, all but hidden with ivy, which the passing wind had roused to utter one sleepy tone; and there beside her, stood the fool with the bell on his arm; and to him and to her the _wow o 'Rivven_ said, "_Come hame, come hame_! The Portent & Other Stories
Then we went to the other side and lifted the car again and pulled up the other side. Times, Sunday Times
The blouse is open at the chest, and is lifted to the waist by his big, brown hands, which are tucked in his trouser pockets, and his head is covered by the kind of hat that sailors call a sou'wester. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878
Pieta lifted her brows slightly as he spoke, for fearful though she was, she knew not her true heritage and had never been told from where she inherited her exotic looks.
Thus the Coastal Ranges take on the appearance of an uplifted horst, bounded, particularly to the east, by normal faults.
As soon as she lifted her fingers from the piece she saw: Seigl would checkmate her king in the next move. THE TATTOOED GIRL
A year later, the new government, having learnt the lesson the hard way, lifted the freeze on profit remittances.
Scoop after scoop was scraped away, lifted, and tipped with an ear-splitting crash into a waiting dumper truck.
He lifted his T-shirt to expose a jagged scar across his chest.
He lifted his legs above his torso and pushed swiftly away, launching himself onto his feet.
After a moment's contemplation, he lifted a hinged segment of his padded armrest and pressed a button on the console beneath. STAGE FRIGHT
He lifted his glass to his mouth.
He lifted his head at the sound of voices signalling attention.
He was put on a spinal board and airlifted to hospital in a neck collar. The Sun
The resistance of the innocent man caused the "whipper" to call in three other sturdy blacks, and, in a few minutes, the victim was fastened upon the stretcher, face downwards, his clothing removed, and the strong-armed white negro-whipper standing over him with uplifted whip. My Southern Home: or, The South and Its People
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A federal appeals court has lifted the injunction, allowing for extraditions until the constitutionality of the statute is decided next year.
Elsewhere, we see artist Jude Buffum reflect on the financial crisis also through Mario's lens (and made an open plea for more financial system gaming), saw how Shigeru Miyamoto lifted ancient Japanese legend when creating Super Mario, and wolf-whistled at PopCap's Plants Vs. Zombies doing an absolutely phenomenal job of parodying the ubiquitous bosomy banner ads for free-to-play game Evony (above). Boing Boing
Knowing that she was still in danger if she remained here, I lifted her tenderly and took flight, dogs baying at our heels as I loped along darkened paths.
His copperas was "gallused" up as high as his fork would admit, which nearly lifted him off the ground. Fisher's River (North Carolina) Scenes and Characters
His dark eyebrows lifted in surprise.
As he lifted me to my feet, he followed my gaze to the destroyed remains of the door.
Outside the feeling of claustrophobia hadn't lifted.
Crossing it on a moonlit winter's night lifted the heart, though that was often the trouble with Oxford - the architecture outsoared one's feelings, the sublime not always easy to match. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
Roo lifted one sleepy eyelid, then closed it again as she made her way to the padded bench in the nearest dormer. THIS HEART OF MINE
But the retired factory worker used a treadmill and lifted weights. The Sun
Slowly she lifted the lighter to her mouth and then cupped her hands around it to block the wind.
I ran my hand over the finely polished mahogany surface, and gently lifted the lid.
But as taboos about the body gradually lifted and the human sciences advanced, the knowledge of nervousness slowly changed.
Then, the artist and a colleague were lifted 30ft into the air as they held on to mooring ropes. Times, Sunday Times
The embargo on this press release has been lifted ahead of schedule.
Noon found Tom far out on the National Road, creaking along over the yellow dust in a light wagon, between bordering forests that smelt spicily of wet underbrush and May-apples; and, here and there, when they would emerge from the woods to cleared fields, liberally outlined by long snake-fences of black walnut, the steady, jog-trotting old horse lifted his head and looked interested in the world, but Tom never did either. The Two Vanrevels
Anyway, a convoluted plot is exactly what's called for in a movie where each section is introduced with the title lifted from Raymond Chandler, a master of convolution. Archive 2006-06-25
He lifted his T-shirt to expose a jagged scar across his chest.
She lifted the dress above her head and let it fall, feeling it settle against her skin.
In an embarrassing climb-down, the Home Secretary lifted the deportation threat.
He lifted a shoulder in a one-sided shrug and then lit a cigarette.
I pushed the throttle forward and Moonlight lifted off the ground slowly.
In unison, as a hundred languages choired below them, the imaginary stars and planets lifted into the higher regions of air, sputtering and fading as they caught a sudden wind and scattered, in a babble of fire and voices, over the bay of Istar. The Dark Queen
Redden Alt Mer and his Rovers had cut short the repairs to the Jerle Shannara last night, installed the recovered diapson crystals early this morning, and lifted off at first light. Morgawr
And my uniform-case, of which he never let go, described a very beautiful parabola, and then came down upon the weigh-bridge, as the swiple of an uplifted flail comes down upon grain .... Jonah and Co.
British mercy flights had airlifted 5,000 Egyptians home by last night. The Sun
The boy lifted his T-shirt to expose a jagged scar across his belly.
Francesca watched with a covert twist of amusement to her mouth as Mrs Longton took a brief pause and lifted the cup to her tired lips.
He lifted his hand and gently brushed away the tears rolling down her cheek, with his thumb.
Nosing around outside I lifted a small flap on the cover of a large tank half full of cuprammonium solution. John B. Fenn - Autobiography
Evers lifted his chin to frown curiously at Trace, the cigar wigwagging from his teeth. The Best Way to Lose
The downstairs foyer was sheathed in multicolored marble and adorned with lush palms in handmade marble pots; a closer inspection revealed that the palms could be lifted out holus-bolus in smaller, plastic pots. TOO MANY MURDERS
And shares in French carmaker Peugeot advanced 5% after Societe Generale lifted its stance on the firm to buy from hold. European Shares End Higher on Lafarge Deal
In response to repeated attempts by Cheryl Perry to get the tax bill lifted, ‘city hall’ argued that since her address is in Omer, she has to pay the taxes of Omer, regardless of what tax-funded services she may or may not receive.
After a moment he raised his head to gaze down into violet eyes lifted innocently to his. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
The body of the divemaster was airlifted to Larnaca General Hospital.
Then he lifted its head, wheeled it about by the ammonite, spirograph shells of its horns till its eyes, on stalks, looked back at its bones. Archive 2009-02-01
Using chain pulls, workers then lifted the panel and loosely connected it to attic posts, attached to roof trusses.
He reached across his bed and lifted the phone from its cradle.
After finally being seen by a passer-by at about 5am yesterday and airlifted to safety he was still nursing painful injuries inflicted all over his legs and buttocks by the thorns.
More than 30 soldiers were airlifted to hospital. Times, Sunday Times
Zimbabwe and Namibia are pressing for the global ban on ivory trading to be lifted to allow them to sell stockpiles of tusks to fund conservation. Times, Sunday Times
In those days, few football players lifted weights because it was considered vain and because they feared becoming "musclebound" and losing their speed. Stan Jones, 78, Hall of Fame lineman with the Chicago Bears; all-American at U-Md., dies

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