lift - use in sentences

Object

  • lid: Then, hardly daring to breathe, she slowly lifted the lid.
  • sanction: The U.N. officials who administer the program in Baghdad say they would much prefer to lift the sanctions entirely.
  • trophy: Even as Danny Blind lifted the trophy van Gaal seemed to sense the passing of a moment.
  • embargo: We call for lifting the embargo on Iraq " .
  • ban: The judge then lifted a press ban on naming the killers.
  • finger: You won't have to lift a finger the whole time you're with us.

Converse of object

  • hitch: Car hire can be arranged by Hawk's Nest, but I hitched a lift with some other visitors.

Adjective modifier

  • ski: In addition to the hotel's daily shuttle bus to the ski lifts, the public ski bus stops outside in the mornings.
  • hydraulic: Disable visitors will have full access to the vehicle through a hydraulic lift located at the rear staircase.
  • vertical: Wheelchair Access The entrance to Open Eye Gallery is above street level but is fitted with an external vertical platform lift.

Modifies a noun

  • truck: An employe was crushed by a number of full pallets which fell from a side loader lift truck.
  • shaft: New city fades up, MONITOR rises up through floor level lift shaft.
  • coefficient: This is combined with the predicted increment in aerofoil lift coefficient to estimate the pitching moment coefficient increment.
  • pass: Small & friendly resort great value lift pass & lots of skiing including the link to Italy.

Noun used with modifier

  • stair: Am I eligible for an extension, shower, ramp, bath or stair lift in my home?
  • fork: Met Steve and his fork lift with extending boom.
  • gondola: Walkers can reach the mountains by gondola lift or rack-and-pinion railroad.
  • wheelchair: Neither group is catered for by coaches with wheelchair lifts.
  • ski: The nearest ski lift is just 5 minutes away.
  • drag: My two 5-year olds spent many happy hours on the bottom nursery slope which has the smoothest drag lift I have ever experienced.

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