Sentence examples for were hoisting from inspiring English sources
verb
To raise; to lift; to elevate; especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight.
Four years later Mr. Aldridge and Mr. Garfein were hoisting Elmer Gantrys in the Hermitage lobby.
And now, there they were, hoisting jumpers on a court normally inhabited by some of their heroes.
The children of the lower castes were hoisting themselves up one diploma and training program at a time.
When I arrived, Afghan security forces were hoisting a flag above a sandbagged bunker on the roof of one shop.
No one would drink to excess if the hangover started while you were hoisting your first pint of the evening.
"It seemed like a week after we were hoisting the Cup, half the team was off on different teams in the league," forward Patrick Sharp said.
Police were hoisted onto shoulders.
Children were hoisted onto parents' shoulders.
Samuels and McLean were hoisted up and borne onto the dance floor.
Buckets of paste were hoisted up the scaffold, and strips of paper were unfurled.
Cupcakes and a large crown-topped cake were hoisted on rosy glass cake stands.
