levitate

Example Sentences

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Those droplets constantly off-gas carbon dioxide, causing them to levitate slightly above the surfaces they sit on.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024

His narrator, Richard, is the least shiny of a golden foursome whose youth, beauty and careless wealth allow them to levitate somewhere over Sydney Harbor, happily encased in the champagne bubble of their bottomless self-regard.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2024

It’s the spell you cast to levitate something.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2023

This vapour layer reduces the rate of heat transfer and makes liquid cooling on the hot surface ineffective, causing the liquid to levitate and skid across the surface.

From Science Daily • Nov. 10, 2023

She can also levitate and control people’s minds.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot