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Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhp-lif-ting
Phonetic Transcription : ʌpˈlɪf tɪŋ



Definition of uplifting

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from up + lift (v.). Related: Uplifted; uplifting.
  • adj inspirational
Example sentences :
  • The thoughts might be uplifting to Almena, but they did not elevate my spirits.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • This uplifting illusion made him inquisitorial and peremptory.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad
  • His recollections of city calm and coolness were not uplifting in this emergency.
  • Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock
  • Her friends, however, felt it was she who gave to them because of her uplifting power.
  • Extract from : « Girls and Women » by Harriet E. Paine (AKA E. Chester}
  • After all, what is education in the finest sense, but the uplifting of the masses?
  • Extract from : « Tutors' Lane » by Wilmarth Lewis
  • There was not much diversion of an uplifting sort in Medora that June of 1884.
  • Extract from : « Roosevelt in the Bad Lands » by H. Hagedorn.
  • It was simply grand; such an uplifting, such a glimpse of the wondrous Now.
  • Extract from : « The Right Knock » by Helen Van-Anderson
  • It was the uplifting of the veil of illusion that enwraps childhood.
  • Extract from : « The Art of Disappearing » by John Talbot Smith
  • I would like to know, Mrs. Hamilton, if you think we are subjects for uplifting?
  • Extract from : « Making People Happy » by Thompson Buchanan
  • The word seemed to contain some beautiful comfort and uplifting.
  • Extract from : « McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. » by Various

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