bear aloft

Example Sentences

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But armoured fleets bear aloft on their decks a rampart of towers, so that fighting may like place even at sea as from the walls of a fortress.

From Scientific American • Feb. 4, 2013

He writes:— 'But when I mount behind the coach, And bear aloft a flaming torch.'

From Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 by Hill, George Birkbeck Norman

The eagle sits ready to bear aloft the spirit of the sleeper.

From The Light of Egypt; or, the science of the soul and the stars — Volume 2 by Burgoyne, Thomas H.

To them no king seals his dominions When morning breaks in eastern air; Their life is free as are their pinions Which bear aloft the gladsome pair.

From Essays on Scandinavian Literature by Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth

Hast thou not seen the summer breeze,      The eddying leaves, and downy feather,      Whirl round a while beneath the trees,      Then bear aloft to heaven together?

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various