aloft

Example Sentences

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Most Americans think of helium as the gas that holds balloons aloft, but, more important, it is an essential coolant in MRI machines and semiconductor manufacturing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

“Wealthy Americans have been credited with keeping consumer spending aloft over the past few years as general uncertainty spread,” said Elizabeth Renter, senior economist at NerdWallet.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

A bit of tinkering – stripping the original’s heavy bassline, tossing in his lithe falsetto and a playful guitar to hold everything aloft – made the one-time throwaway into something immortal.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026

Hundreds of tourists could be seen milling around the fountain Friday, many holding phones aloft to snap pictures.

From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025

The imaginary citizenry wore garments of simple loveliness, the women's hair long and trailing behind them, or else held aloft by attendant songbirds that were their own sparks of color.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor