levitate

Example Sentences

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I marveled at how the hidden-in-the-floor projections allow the ghost to levitate, but also increasingly felt a sense of mourning.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

This causes microdroplets to levitate and jump off the surface within milliseconds at lower temperatures because the speed of boiling can be controlled by changing the height of the pillars.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2024

“Good days I levitate off the ground/Some days I can’t get out of bed,” they sing, later adding “baby, I barely get through each day.”

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2024

It’s the spell you cast to levitate something.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2023

She can also levitate and control people’s minds.

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