raise the roof
Example Sentences
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Just when I thought “Guys and Dolls” couldn’t raise the roof any higher.
From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2023
Finally, if you want to raise the roof on creative install locations, a floor-mount free-standing tub filler can be a trendy and versatile tower of power!
From Seattle Times • Oct. 3, 2022
Longtime musical director Eric Heinly and his onstage band can always be trusted to raise the roof.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2016
If the Koch contained these two danseuses instead of those seated pairs of women, you feel their energy would raise the roof.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2016
The Koreysh had built a small town round the Kaaba, which they venerated so much that no person was permitted to raise the roof of his house higher than that of the sacred structure.
From Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred by Burckhardt, John Lewis
