Sentence examples for practically lifted from inspiring English sources

"The president practically lifted Mr Rumsfeld on his shoulders and paraded him around the room with pride," he said.

On Tuesday night, the scene outside the restaurant Lot 61 on West 21st Street recalled for an older member of the fashion press what was thrilling about fashion 10 years ago, when the crush of groupies practically lifted you off your feet and swept you into a Vivienne Westwood or a Claude Montana show.

When he saw my dangling feet he came back over to help them find the footrest - and when we were done he practically lifted me off the chair.

"That pulse is hammering right through me, practically lifting me off the bench.

They talked about "It's a Man's World," and then about "Esmé." "You could practically lift it off the pages just the way it's written," Tewksbury said.

The flaw is that when you hit a thumb button, it practically lifts the mouse off the table because the button is underneath a bit of a ridge and the force you naturally exert on it is slightly upwards.

Preliminary experiments [3] showed that using ToLHnet [1] over RS-485 practically lifts all limits about total cable length, allowing each node to repeat the signal if need be, and can also be nearly optimal in terms of attainable data rate.

Everything is simplicity itself: the primitive backdrop, the sparsely sketched-in scenes, the minimal dialogue (practically all lifted from the biblical text itself).

Practically no one outside anthroposophical circles, it seems, lifted specific shapes or motifs from Steiner, but his concepts fascinated creative figures across the aesthetic spectrum.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Arckela Dorvil carefully lifted his teenage sister from the road, practically holding his breath, trying desperately not to aggravate her wounded right side.

"Hmmm, just like England," said McDonald, his face lifted toward the gray sky as the bridge practically disappeared in a squall.