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Aloft in a sentence

Aloft meaning

  1. At, to, or in the air or sky.
  2. Above, overhead, in a high place; up.
  3. In the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging.

Using Aloft

  • The main meaning on this page is: At, to, or in the air or sky. | Above, overhead, in a high place; up. | In the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging.
  • In the example corpus, aloft often appears in combinations such as: held aloft, aloft in, aloft by.

Context around Aloft

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

held 4× arms 2× holding 2× largest 1× cup 1× conditions 1× flow 1× get 1× stands 1× spears 1×

Often after:

brand 1× hotel 1× calling 1× gradually 1× electro 1× signs 1× threatening 1× paper 1×

Sentence patterns with Aloft

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and spears aloft is a 1× are holding aloft signs justifying 1× arm held aloft and fingers 1× dryer conditions aloft will also 1× ever get aloft 1× fish held aloft by two 1× freedom cup aloft calling over 1× her arms aloft and admitted 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after the first 1× among the winners 1× bankman fried was 1× banners and placards 1× cane is well 1× dryer conditions aloft 1×

Common sentence endings:

british dinner table 1× countries almost indefinitely 1× did one year 1× ever get aloft 1× get the message 1× hold it aloft 1×

Words around Aloft

Just before it in the word index:

alofi 9 alofa 18 aloet 2 aloes 4 aloe 79 alodia 3

Just after it in the word index:

alogba 2 aloh 2 aloha 97 alohanet 2 alohi 4 alohomora 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

bawumia 160 briefs 160 brigham 160 ck 160 coates 160 compilers 160

Corpus analysis for Aloft

  • In this selection, "aloft" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, held, arms, holding, brand, hotel and calling stand out and add context to how "aloft" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and spears aloft is a and are holding aloft signs justifying. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "aloft" sits close to words such as bawumia, briefs and brigham, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with aloft

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

And he holds it aloft! (5 words)

Dryer conditions aloft will also limit overall storm potential. (9 words)

Kano would pull out his opponent’s beating heart and hold it aloft. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

Among the winners and highly commended was Laura Caballo’s winning entry ‘Decisions’ in the ‘Sustainable futures’ category, which showed a captured fish held aloft by two hands in front of an industrial chimney bellowing smoke into the air. (39 words)

She wound a delicate necklace around her throat and secured her blonde tresses up into a bun at the back of her head while grinning up into the sunlight, her arm held aloft and fingers interlaced with Glen’s. (39 words)

Going forward, pressure falls will further diminish the pressure gradient as WSW flow aloft gradually works its way down to the surface, which won't happen in any appreciable capacity until late tonight or even Monday. (36 words)

Exclamation examples

And he holds it aloft! (5 words)

Example sentences (20)

Following a strategic conversion, the signing of the 785-room hotel expects to open in in Q3 2023, marking the Aloft brand’s debut in Singapore and the largest Aloft hotel in the world.

After the first victory, the track and field star held her arms aloft and admitted she is "slightly competitive".

Among the winners and highly commended was Laura Caballo’s winning entry ‘Decisions’ in the ‘Sustainable futures’ category, which showed a captured fish held aloft by two hands in front of an industrial chimney bellowing smoke into the air.

And he holds it aloft!

Bankman-Fried was publicly and lavishly held aloft by a number of celebrities, such as NFL star Tom Brady, supermodel Gisele Bundchen, and NBA star Steph Curry.

Banners and placards were held aloft while both sides chanted in the second public gathering over plans by the local authority to implement a new neighbourhood scheme.

Cane is well enough to hoist the Freedom Cup aloft, calling over his teammates to join him and offering Tamaiti Williams a moment with the trophy on debut.

Dryer conditions aloft will also limit overall storm potential.

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Going forward, pressure falls will further diminish the pressure gradient as WSW flow aloft gradually works its way down to the surface, which won't happen in any appreciable capacity until late tonight or even Monday.

It did fly, of course, though even today one can be forgiven for watching this mammoth humpback lumber down a runway and wondering how in the world the thing will ever get aloft.

Kano would pull out his opponent’s beating heart and hold it aloft.

Lee’s vicarious touch as a producer gifted in the anthemic grand gesture is most apparent in the arms-aloft electro-house of (translation “move, dance”, although you needn’t speak Bambara to get the message).

Mash has its moments and chips have their charm, but it is the roastie, the pinnacle of potato perfection, that stands aloft as the titan of the British dinner table.

On T-shirts and flags and in countless internet memes, they reconfigure the out-of-shape 77-year-old into a chiseled warrior as he holds a sword or aloft.

Seeing dozens of Vikings charging at Clifford's Tower, shield and spears aloft, is a sight to behold — especially if you stumble across it accidentally, as we did one year.

She had prepared for the moment though, drawing on her training as a Royal Navy reservist to ensure she could hold it aloft for the whole ceremony.

She wound a delicate necklace around her throat and secured her blonde tresses up into a bun at the back of her head while grinning up into the sunlight, her arm held aloft and fingers interlaced with Glen’s.

The cartoon shows a protest in which demonstrators are holding aloft signs justifying torture and rape.

Then a small nuclear reactor activates in flight, which potentially allows it to stay aloft, threatening Western countries almost indefinitely.

The protest yesterday saw around 250 islanders gather at the Glaid Stone, which is the proposed site for thousands of solar panels, holding aloft paper Dunlins – one of the endangered birds recorded on the site.

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Common combinations with aloft

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "aloft" in a sentence?
An example: "Following a strategic conversion, the signing of the 785-room hotel expects to open in in Q3 2023, marking the Aloft brand’s debut in Singapore and the largest Aloft hotel in the world." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "aloft" from authentic English texts.
What does "aloft" mean?
Aloft means: At, to, or in the air or sky.
How many example sentences with "aloft" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "aloft", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.