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Get to know Hoist better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like lift or raise.

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Hoist in a sentence

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Hoist | Hoisted | Hoisting | Hoists

Hoist meaning

  1. To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).
  2. To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.
  3. To lift someone up to be flogged.

Synonyms of Hoist

lift raise elevate get up bring up lifting device wind run up

Related words

Other words often associated with Hoist or its synonyms:

move rise displace arouse evoke upgrade depute assistance sew refer stir heave

Using Hoist

  • The main meaning on this page is: To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight). | To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory. | To lift someone up to be flogged.
  • Useful related words include: lift, raise, elevate, get up.
  • In the example corpus, hoist often appears in combinations such as: to hoist, hoist the, the hoist.

Context around Hoist

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 6 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

unlikely 1× pound 1× staff 1× york 1× blindsided 1× hills 1× giant 1×

Often after:

wind 1× barely 1× llc 1× dermot 1× india 1×

Sentence patterns with Hoist

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

100 pound hoist barely missing 1× able to hoist him out 1× and staff hoist place kicker 1× andre blindsided hoist dermot o 1× attached a hoist to the 1× enough to hoist the freedom 1× friends to hoist the boy 1× g20 will hoist india s 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

although khanun is 1× another manager working 1× bill and jim 1× brian leveson 55 1× cane is well 1× coughlin was stuck 1×

Common sentence endings:

alaska medical center 1× barely missing carson 1× fredbear s mouth 1× has cerebral palsy 1× hoist the flag 1× in every field 1×

Words around Hoist

Just before it in the word index:

hoisington 19 hoisin 9 hoing 2 hoilett 8 hoiles 2 hoiked 3

Just after it in the word index:

hoisted 135 hoisting 65 hoists 24 hoitt 2 hoity 4 hoium 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

abject 113 accumulations 113 agnostic 113 amaechi 113 amar 113 amenity 113

Corpus analysis for Hoist

  • In this selection, "hoist" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, unlikely, pound, staff, wind, barely and llc stand out and add context to how "hoist" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 100 pound hoist barely missing and able to hoist him out. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "hoist" sits close to words such as abject, accumulations and agnostic, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with hoist

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

Livelihoods are up on the hoist. (6 words)

New York Hoist LLC advises of some road closures. (9 words)

The crowd gasp as another brave bungee jumper leaps from the giant hoist. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

Peter Andre 'blindsided' hoist Dermot O'Leary and ITV viewers at home Thursday,when he appeared as a chef on This Morning, 20 years on from his music career having a huge boost thanks to his appearance on I'm A Celebrity. (42 words)

Bill and Jim purchased a brew house from a burned down building in their home state of Wisconsin, which they removed themselves by digging through the rubble and using machinery to hoist the equipment out of the structure. (38 words)

Once overhead, the HH-60G special missions aviator lowered the GA team to the patient where they performed field care and prepared the patient for hoist into the hovering helicopter and transport to Providence Alaska Medical Center. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

Although Khanun is forecast to strengthen in the coming days, Pagasa said it will unlikely hoist wind signals anywhere.

Another manager, working 20 feet above him, carelessly dropped a nearly 100-pound hoist, barely missing Carson.

Bill and Jim purchased a brew house from a burned down building in their home state of Wisconsin, which they removed themselves by digging through the rubble and using machinery to hoist the equipment out of the structure.

Brian Leveson, 55, claims the family has been waiting an agonising eight years for Haringey Council to install a hoist in the bathroom for their son Zack, 18, who has cerebral palsy.

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.

Coughlin was stuck in the passageway for seven hours, but eventually, rescue personnel were able to hoist him out of the cave.

During "The Party," the brother encourages his friends to hoist the boy into Fredbear's mouth.

Hawaii players and staff hoist place kicker Matthew Shipley after his 51-yard game-winning field goal against the Colorado State Rams on Saturday.

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Livelihoods are up on the hoist.

New York Hoist LLC advises of some road closures.

Once overhead, the HH-60G special missions aviator lowered the GA team to the patient where they performed field care and prepared the patient for hoist into the hovering helicopter and transport to Providence Alaska Medical Center.

Peter Andre 'blindsided' hoist Dermot O'Leary and ITV viewers at home Thursday,when he appeared as a chef on This Morning, 20 years on from his music career having a huge boost thanks to his appearance on I'm A Celebrity.

Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Anil Patil from Jalgaon will travel to Buldhana in Vidarbha to hoist the flag.

So is their coach, someone with the sixth-most regular season wins in NHL history but who has yet to hoist the grandest silver chalice in all of sports over his head.

The ANC ruling party (gangsters, anyone?) could be in danger of being hoist by a similar petard that did in Capone all those years ago.

The artwork, by Muruwarri artist Dr Virginia Keft, is titled We were here long before the Hills Hoist and celebrates connection to place and community.

The crowd gasp as another brave bungee jumper leaps from the giant hoist.

The Curv-21 attached a hoist to the wreckage to allow it to be pulled back to the ocean surface, according to the US Navy.

The Declaration of the G20 will hoist India’s flag in the field of diplomacy… By 2047, the Prime Minister has set a target to make the country developed and the best in every field.

The franchise’s quest to hoist the Cup for the first time since 1994 got a boost with the additions of three-time champion Patrick Kane and four-time All-Star Vladimir Tarasenko.

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Common combinations with hoist

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hoist" in a sentence?
An example: "Although Khanun is forecast to strengthen in the coming days, Pagasa said it will unlikely hoist wind signals anywhere." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "hoist" from authentic English texts.
What does "hoist" mean?
Hoist means: To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).
What are synonyms of "hoist"?
Common synonyms of "hoist" include: lift, raise, elevate, get up, bring up, lifting device, wind, run up.
How many example sentences with "hoist" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "hoist", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.