Sentence examples for raised to the rafters from inspiring English sources

He became the 14th Canadien to have his sweater raised to the rafters.

Roy's jersey will be raised to the rafters on Nov. 22 when the Canadiens host the Bruins.

A few minutes later, the Stanley Cup banner was raised to the rafters of the Continental Arena.

Galis's yellow No. 6 jersey was raised to the rafters, and Greece's deputy sports minister, Giannis Ioannidis, announced that the arena's interior would be called Nikos Galis Hall.

This 1879 picture of an aerialist being raised to the rafters by a rope clenched between her teeth is Degas's only painting of the circus.

At 11, she was also there on Feb. 28, 2003, watching his No. 33 raised to the rafters and hearing the "Pat-rick Ew-ing" chants echo.

In 1972, Russell had demanded that his uniform be raised to the Boston Garden rafters with no fans present.

His jersey number 2 was raised to the Saddledome rafters on February 27 , 2012 but was not formally retired.

On February 27 , 2012 defenceman Al MacInnis was the first to earn this distinction, with a banner with his picture and the #2 number raised to the Scotiabank Saddledome rafters.

They included Bonnie Bishop, a Nashville singer whose powerful voice raised the bar for to-the-rafters country soul, and Aaron Lee Tasjan, who filled the Cannery Row Ballroom to near capacity for wry, hook-driven country rock straight out of Tom Petty's playbook.

The gold is stored in a coffin which is raised up to the rafters.