Example sentences for: lifted

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

  • This promise, that people can be suddenly and purposefully redeemed and lifted above their sinful natures, is a profoundly Christian one.

  • When Prohibition was lifted, Sam was one of the most powerful distillers in North America, and for the next 30 years, he bullied employees and terrorized rivals to make Seagram an international liquor powerhouse.

  • Then she lifted her dress over her head and sang 'They Call Me the Pineapple Princess.

  • In England, a group of 40 independent Christian schools plans to petition the European Court of Human Rights to have the ban lifted.

  • The episode stands as yet another eerie precursor to George W.'s life: As a much-overlooked New York Times story noted last spring, W. became the GOP front-runner largely because many people who told pollsters they favored Bush were "actually thinking of the father"; the confusion triggered a virtuous cycle of high poll numbers, improved fund-raising, and endorsements that has lifted W. above the pack.


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