How to Use aloft in a Sentence

aloft

adverb
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  • The balloon stayed aloft for days.
  • The forces of weight, thrust, drag and lift act on a plane to keep it aloft and moving.
    — Craig Merrett, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The crowd cheered, and phones were held aloft, and for a moment, the past was forgotten.
    — Max Berlinger, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2022
  • For decades, he’s aimed to break the 30-second record for time aloft of a paper plane.
    — Sarah Wells, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2023
  • To hunt, these creatures likely stood on the seafloor, heads held aloft.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2023
  • Mbappé held aloft the PSG jersey that day with 2025 on the back.
    — Jerome Pugmire, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Lorenzen later held his baby aloft on the field and smooched her on the cheek.
    — Dan Gelston, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Many held their phones aloft while approaching the catafalque.
    — Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2023
  • In another, a cheery Barnes holds aloft a glass of green juice.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Miss Fancy prances at the entrance to the park off Fifth Avenue South, trunk aloft.
    — Ruth Serven Smith | [email protected], al, 11 Dec. 2022
  • In such a case, the aircraft slows down too much to be able to remain aloft and goes out of control.
    — Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2023
  • But such balloons are not designed to stay aloft for long.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2023
  • As the propellers move the craft forward, the plane is held aloft by the cushion of air between it and the water.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Feb. 2023
  • What joy in being called down from the branches to eat, and then returning aloft.
    — Cj Hauser, Bon Appétit, 6 July 2022
  • Tiki torches held aloft, Unite the Right exposed cracks in the town’s decorous façade.
    — Hamilton Cain, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
  • Even though wind is blowing aloft, the cold air prevents the wind from getting down to ground level.
    — Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Gero held the antenna aloft and put his ear to some kind of receiver.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Pressly and his cohorts in the bullpen were a big part of why the Astros held the trophy aloft on Saturday.
    — David Waldstein, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2022
  • White prefers that the only glow come from the electric candles that flicker from wall sconces, not iPhones held aloft.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 June 2022
  • The droplets stay aloft for about 10 minutes and will kill mosquitoes on contact.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 16 May 2022
  • Once aloft, the team’s drone pooled its live video with video from other teams, which could be viewed on a digital tablet with the touch of a finger.
    — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
  • But even when a lead vocal came up slightly short, the group’s trademark harmonies kept the music aloft.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Nearly half of those in the large audience held their phones aloft to capture images and sound.
    — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The boys will hold aloft Bible verses on peace and, perhaps, photographs of Gazan children.
    — Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Highland dancers jump and bounce on the balls of their feet, keeping bodies erect and arms aloft while sweeping their legs to the side or touching their toes to the back of their calves.
    — The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Planes need to be de-iced because if left untreated, ice forms on the body and wings, interfering with the flow of air that keeps the plane aloft.
    — David Koenig, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Whether aloft in the air, between the toes of a bird, or in the crevasses of our shoes—spores are also how fungi move across towns, states, continents, and oceans.
    — Emily Monosson, Time, 11 July 2023
  • The harm to the victims is unbearable as they are inundated with fumes while the 1% party aloft.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Thus, the Meyers Manx was born, and suitably adorned with a fine escutcheon: a rampant Manx cat hoisting aloft a dull, chipped sword.
    — Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Either aloft or on the surface, strong winds can carry it long distances, even thousands of miles away.
    — Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 29 July 2023

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