Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Hoisting the immense paperback edition of Robert Caro’s “The Power Broker” in bed was a nonstarter, so I was pleased to download it when the ebook at last became available in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Hoisting umbrellas to stave off the heat, women wearing traditional bowler hats and colorful skirts walked alongside young men playing drums and native flutes.

From Reuters • Oct. 7, 2023

Hoisting a small fact to its statistical extreme, Mau concludes that a Coke bottle is not just a bottle, not simply a matter of an industrial designer shaping an icon.

From New York Times • May 19, 2022

Hoisting the body in his arms, a man carefully lowered Mushtaq into a narrow trench at the bottom of the grave.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2021

Hoisting the TV set, he decided to take it first, then the suitcases and remaining clothes.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick