levitate

"We can levitate objects against gravity by immersing them in a sound field called a standing wave."

From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024

It’s the spell you cast to levitate something.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023

“They are not going to levitate when they get there,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2023

“He was gonna help me levitate, and he took my hands, and then—” My voice cracks.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

Especially not a green, alien orb that levitates him.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

That said, when Michael Keaton shows up, the movie virtually levitates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Betye Saar practically levitates into the room wearing a Max Mara jacket that resembles a bird’s plumage, with a butter-yellow silk Dior dress grazing the ground behind her and a cane in her hand.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

The South Korean researchers provided a video of what they say is LK-99 exhibiting the Meissner effect, but superconductors aren’t the only things that float above magnets—graphite, for example, also levitates.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2023

Tano almost loses his balance, and he levitates in the air to steady himself.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

There was the time — actually, it happened twice — when her character, Dr. Marlena Evans, was famously possessed by the devil and even levitated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

During tests, eggs released one after another with minimal effort; with a bit of oil, they practically levitated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

Interest in AI has levitated shares of Nvidia, Broadcom, and their ilk, but also stoked fresh fears of an AI bubble.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025

Above the racetrack, a handful of ytterbium ions are trapped and levitated by a train of electrical, radiofrequency, and laser pulses.

From Science Magazine ● May 30, 2024

A tall redhead with an explosion of freckles on his face levitated the old football at the start of a play.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

Of course, they don’t much resemble the levitating Studebakers and auto-gyrating Chevys foretold in pulp science fiction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

Rafael Nadal, left arm across his chest, feet levitating above the court and mouth agape, has just walloped a trademark forehand winner.

From BBC ● May 24, 2024

It measured a weak pull, just 30aN, on a tiny particle 0.43mg in size by levitating it in freezing temperatures a hundredth of a degree above absolute zero -- about minus-273 degrees Celsius.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 25, 2024

The diorama-like layout, part altar, part haunted house, contains mounds of soil sprouting candles, a filthy claw-foot bathtub, a forlorn-looking toilet and chandeliers resembling levitating candelabras.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2023

When I first saw Louise she seemed to be floating about two feet off the ground, levitating.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen