Example sentences for: hoist

How can you use “hoist” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • (To go all the way, Hitler had even planned to hoist the gate onto an artificial hill, in an attempt to create a mini-Acropolis.)

  • One NYPD helicopter pilot believed one portion of the North Tower roof to be free enough of smoke that a hoist could be lowered in order to rescue people, but there was no one on the roof.

  • Before Viagra, the hoist and pull mechanics of previous impotence treatments--inflatable penile implants, Caverject erection injections, and vacuum devices--made them unattractive to most men, impotent or not.

  • The same must be said for hitch, go without a hitch, get hitched, hoist, hold off, hold on , and scores of other entries: these were everyday words in the general language before they were used by sailors.

  • The word hawser has nothing whatever to do with the verb to hoist; neither does the `N.E.D.


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast