Sentence example with the word 'aloft'

aloft

aboard, afloat, aloof, aye, high up, in the air, on board ship, on shipboard, on tiptoe, skyward, to the zenith, upstairs

Definition adv. at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship

Last update: August 12, 2015


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The good news sent her spirits aloft.   [Please select]

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SUPPORTERS: On either side a Lion Or gorged with a collar wavy Azure and holding aloft in the interior forepaw a Crescent Sable.   [Please select]

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A row of pupils stood either side of the dancers the entire route, holding aloft badminton racquets in a wide arch.   [Please select]

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Here, there, yonder, hands suddenly appeared aloft, bright flashes darted through the clear air.   [Please select]

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Septimius, bearing in his hand a bleeding head, went towards it and held the ghastly trophy aloft.   [Please select]

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He drew a long breath, as if the perfume of the water were sweeter than that of the nard, and held his hand aloft.   [Please select]

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They have at all times held aloft the banner of liberty, thus impregnating the social vitality of the Nation.   [Please select]

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He waited whilst the corporal re-ascended the ladder and disappeared; then, picking up the lantern, held it aloft and let its rays shine full on Tristram's face.   [Please select]

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Each shook his lance aloft, as if to ascertain the weight and toughness of the unwieldy weapon, and then laid it in the rest.   [Please select]

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Till he grew very old, he went aloft a great deal.   [Please select]

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Their crooked swords gleamed aloft as they pressed forward in the rush, and their yells rent the very roof.   [Please select]

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alluvial - aloft - aloof