Synonyms

1. lift
2. heave

Sentence Examples

1. They put their own lives aside to raise the children they brought into the world.
2. He can raise a fair force to fight with him, he has support of Carew and the Duke of Suffolk, who between them can provide a good number of men to champion your cause.
3. His mouth hovers above me, and I raise my head to meet his lips.
4. A hand behind his head, he helped him raise himself so he could sip from the cup.
5. How could she be expected to raise a child in this world alone?
6. I raise my flashlight slowly, trying to keep the beam steady from all my shaking.
7. A close relationship between the two of them would raise eyebrows, and neither of them could afford that.
8. I heard him raise the whip, but the lashing never came.
9. Find a child, a child whose mother and father have been killed and raise him as your own.
10. I crossed the car park quickly, in time to see a pale-looking supervisor raise his communicator and project his voice across the crowd.