How to Use levitate in a Sentence

levitate

verb
Definition of levitatenext
  • Aboard the Edge is a Magic Carpet, a 90-ton platform that levitates up and down the side of the ship.
    — CBS News, 28 July 2019
  • The pods will be pulled by magnets to levitate within the tube.
    — Nancy Dahlberg, miamiherald, 17 Sep. 2017
  • Those guys could stop on a dime and turn it around and do anything, float through space and gyrate and levitate.
    — Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2020
  • The two plates that make up the work are only 2 inches thick and a section appears to levitate off the ground.
    — Luke Kurtis, Quartz, 7 Apr. 2020
  • The reputation of the food has been mediocre at best over the years; Fullilove now aims to make taste buds levitate.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2019
  • Fluffy white tigers would levitate in the air, and elephants would disappear right in front of your eyes.
    — Rick Helfenbein, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
  • In the real world, Max begins to levitate, a sure sign things aren’t going so hot.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 2 July 2022
  • Instead, the team used magnets to levitate the pod, such as the ones found in Maglev trains like the Shanghai Transrapid.
    — Alice Bonasio, Ars Technica, 4 Mar. 2018
  • The guard dashed past the arc and levitated for a jumper on the elbow with lengthy defender Kelly Oubre Jr. over him.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Nutshell: the Magic Speed 2 is best for days when you’re rested and ready to levitate, be that in a race or on speedy training days.
    — Cory Smith, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Tyla levitated up the 2024 Met Gala steps thanks to a few helping hands.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
  • In the case of the bead, the optical tweezers could be used to levitate it, freeing it from contact with any surface.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Physicists have known how to levitate water for more than 260 years.
    — Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 10 Feb. 2022
  • And when characters levitate off the ground, as they do from time to time, the effect is managed by — well, see for yourself.
    — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • With Sante dead, Valente recognizes that the witches must leave, and levitates them all out of the Serra town square.
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 3 Feb. 2020
  • The tablet almost appears to levitate when viewed from the front, and the weight of its sturdy base adds just enough balance to prevent it from tipping over.
    — Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge, 15 Apr. 2024
  • High-speed maglev trains make extensive use of such magnets to levitate the cars above their tracks.
    — Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2011
  • The metal melted, turned into vapor, and then began to levitate, held aloft by the field.
    — Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, Wired, 7 June 2021
  • But recently, the hot job market has levitated the wage scale even more.
    — Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Eleven uses Kali’s advice to let her anger fuel her powers and manages to levitate for the first time.
    — cleveland, 6 Aug. 2022
  • To his followers, Li is a God-like figure who can levitate, walk through walls and see into the future.
    — Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Slender white columns raise the structure 5 feet 3 inches off the ground, and a broad flight of stairs, which seem to levitate as if by magnetism, connects it to the lawn below.
    — New York Times, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Gracia seemed to levitate before falling backward to the turf, his legs helplessly in the air.
    — Jere Longman New York Times, Star Tribune, 13 July 2021
  • Walk me through the actual process of playing a levitating head.
    — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The teams showcased different ways to levitate their pods.
    — National Geographic, 23 Feb. 2016
  • Ammons and Campbell said the 12-year-old was levitating above the bed, unconscious.
    — Marisa Kwiatkowski, Indianapolis Star, 25 Jan. 2014
  • Dua Lipa left fans levitating with her 2024 Met Gala look!
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
  • The main wing, a modified glass box, overhangs the foundation and appears to levitate.
    — Maureen C. Gilmer, Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2018
  • In the presence of a magnetic field, such materials levitate, as did the disk.
    — Tom Avril, Philly.com, 4 Oct. 2017
  • As Sissy drives away, Harlan can be seen using telekinesis to levitate a toy.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 7 Aug. 2020

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