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How to use the word uplift in a Sentence?

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You are doing an excellent thing, one which will be wholesome for you, if, as you write me, you are persisting in your effort to attain sound understanding; it is foolish to pray for this when you can acquire it from yourself. We do not need to uplift our hands towards heaven, or to beg the keeper of a temple to let us approach his idol's ear, as if in this way our prayers were more likely to be heard. A god is near you, with you, and in you. This is what I mean, Lucilius: there sits a holy spirit within us, one who marks our good and bad deeds, and is our a guardian.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

added by Normando
3 months ago

Our public safety folks have been through, like many others, a rough last two or three years, we've been through pandemics, we've been through the murder of George Floyd, there's a lot of work for us to do, but part of that is to uplift the folks that are doing that work.

Bob Jacobson

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We are constantly trying to help our students, particularly our middle, high school and postsecondary students, separate fact from fiction, as we help them develop their critical-thinking and analytical skills, newsGuard is a great tool in this regard. It is a beacon of clarity to expose the dark depths of the internet and uplift those outlets committed to truth and honesty rather than falsehoods and fabrications.

Randi Weingarten

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The distinct uplift in radiocarbon production that occurred between 992 and 993 AD has been detected in tree-ring archives from all over the world.

Michael Dee

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I've been glad to see Terry McAuliffe cite repeatedly that Terry McAuliffe is going to fight for paid sick leave, paid family and medical leave, and even make sure that home care workers get a raise. And I think that is a direct result of workers organizing... who have really pushed Terry McAuliffe to adopt policies that are going to uplift Black women and working women of color.

Alexsis Rodgers

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We're fighting for a future in which technology can be used to uplift, and not to oppress.

Sneha Revanur

Found on CNN
2 years ago

He was talking about vandals, but he was still participating in a very specific anti-Black idea, part of why it's so challenging to pursue humane policies that can uplift people in high-poverty areas is because we supply a lens of presumed thug -- instead of presumed citizen.

Sheryll Cashin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We want the design to uplift and make people happy.

Claire Anderson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

UK retail destinations suffered post Bank Holiday blues last week, with footfall dropping back by around half of the uplift recorded in the week before, when the school half-term holiday coincided with the Spring bank holiday and amazing weather.

Diane Wehrle

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

Small gestures of care has the power to uplift people.

Purvi Raniga

added by Purviraniga
2 years ago

We are mindful there is much more to be done to uplift the standard of our employee welfare and promise to rectify shortcomings immediately.

Top Glove

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Dubai's non-oil economy saw a disappointing slowdown in growth in August, as the PMI fell for the first time since April, firms have not seen a full-scale uplift in demand to pre-pandemic levels and many commented that market conditions remained strongly depressed.

David Owen

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We have less than 7,000 officers here these days, we simply don't have enough people, even with a recent budget uplift, to cope with some of the Brexit challenges, to actually police that.

Simon Byrne

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Satellites are monitoring the gas and temperatures and we're monitoring deformation to see if we have any uplift.

Steve Saunders

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We encourage people to do business while they're there, not just show up and take a photo. We definitely want to uplift these local businesses, we think too that if they are going to make their place pretty Instagrammable, it's almost expected in this day and age to have people snapping photos in that space.

Rebecca Aneloski

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Too many people were competing for the prize money available, we want to see a significant uplift( in players making money). It will be one of our key performance indicators that tell us how successful these reforms have been.

Jackie Nesbitt

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

People liked what it stood for, what it meant, we weren't just changing it from Confederate because it was too long or too cumbersome or old-fashioned. We were changing it because it stood for something that we didn't care to uplift. And if we're going to replace it, let's replace it with something we do want to uplift.

Tiffany Friesen

Found on CNN
5 years ago

These are very serious allegations and not to be taken lightly which is why I’ve taken the day to consider how to respond, i was heartbroken to read Chloe’s post. Our three year relationship was not perfect—we were ultimately not a good match and argued—even shouted at each other—but I loved her, and did my best to uplift and support her as a partner and companion in any way and at no time did I sexually assault her.

Chris Hardwick

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Every day or every two days, I ’m in a different country, different city, i ’m very busy, but everything is meaningful. Because with each trip, I am able to create and co-create with others and help provide opportunities for children to have a better, brighter future. That’s what keeps me going. My friends always say, ‘ you’re crazy ’ or ‘ how can you travel like this ? ’ But just knowing that you are making a difference, that you’re able to uplift the lives of children and their whole families ? That gives you energy to go on.

Petra Nemcova

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Growth in this business is driven by exposure to emerging markets, and we'd plan to keep expanding that. One of the neat things about this company is that it's very diversified already in terms of geography, with a significant presence in Latin America, China and the Middle East. In many of those regions there is an increasing use of pharmaceutical and dietary products, so we see a long-term secular uplift from that.

Pete Stavros

added by Scott Murphy
6 years ago

I am so humbled and honored that the women of the WNBA went to such an extent to uplift our message and the cause.

Kofi Ademola

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

What is the point of a relationship if not to grant two people the very private privilege to uplift one another every day?

Kamand Kojouri

added by acronimous
7 years ago

The Coca-Cola Red Disc has become a signature element of the brand, synonymous with great taste, uplift and refreshment.

De Quinto

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

This technology does not patronize them with water wells, i'm not at all criticizing this solution but you can't uplift a community around the world in the 21st Century by digging wells. People are made of water, but they need much more than water. You need to bring the 21st Century technology. You need to bring there water, yes; electricity which is the fire of the modern era, and connectivity because if you are off-line you are not in the present.

Marco Attisani

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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