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
Pius Sixth, with his plush and tiara, and power of the Keys, they bear aloft: of natural size,—made of lath and combustible gum.
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
Thou seest the Father; Thy sad sighs gather, And bear aloft Thy sorrow and His pain!
From Faust by Taylor, Bayard
Still higher, towered a guardian mountain of astonishing majesty, seeming to bear aloft on a petrified cushion a royal crown of iron.
From The Car of Destiny by Both, Armand
Hon. Ameer Ali, Dr. Iqbal and a host of others bear aloft the New Light.
From Notes on Islam by Hussain, Khaja Muhammad
