Synonyms

1. lift
2. elevation

Sentence Examples

1. Forks of reddish-purple lightning burst into life, and I stood, raising a hand, gathered the lighting in my palm and sent it, not at Ellen, but at the road in front of her.
2. Raising my hand in the air, I fired a jet-stream of mace into his face and then swung the bat.
3. Raising his hand to the door he pressed it further open and stepped across the threshold into the dimly lit interior.
4. They live their lives like everyone else as far as working and raising children, but they use their gifted sight to protect people from unnecessary death.
5. She jerked her head in the direction of his lodgings, raising her eyebrows inquiringly.
6. I offer this story with all sincerity as a contribution to raising awareness of the vital issue of corruption and its effects on the environment, an issue that affects not just Lanzarote, but the whole world.
7. Out in the cool night air, raising my face to the wind, observing through a break in the cloud the stars in the night sky muted by the streetlights of the village, my frustrations give way to a sweeter memory, one long forgotten.
8. Raising your hands whilst visualising fireballs shooting from them will cause your sorcery to create it.
9. Raising it to his nose, he sniffed it, his eyes widening.
10. Raising her voice to a normal level, she addresses Redoto.