With side-gripping laughter, we had to fetch the Herr Direktor to help us hoist her to her feet. From LearnThat.org. [Elaine Christensen]
hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
hoist the flags. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
At the hoist was a single stalk of wheat and in the upper fly, the provincial arms. From Wordnik.com. [Liblogs.ca latest blog entries] Reference
'By their own', 'hoist' and 'petard' come to mind but not necessarily in that order. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-06-13] Reference
As for morris’s last comment – that’s what we call hoist by one’s own petard. From Wordnik.com. [Creationism In Arkansas Schools? « Lean Left] Reference
Today, the House of Commons will vote on a motion to "hoist" or delay Bill C-13. From Wordnik.com. [Liberal Party of Canada RSS News Feed] Reference
His latest verbal blunder, swapping "hoist" for "foist" is subtle, but even I heard it without. From Wordnik.com. [Truth v. The Machine] Reference
Something about a "hoist" had broken in the night, and the men were still at work without breakfast, an eighteen-hour shift. From Wordnik.com. [A Touch of Sun and Other Stories] Reference
And maybe hoist a sorrowful glass or two, and shed a tear. From Wordnik.com. [Bull? Bear? Lemming!] Reference
That had to be lifted from a truck bed with a power hoist. From Wordnik.com. [Md. center studies ship's remains found at World Trade Center site] Reference
I double latch the door, hoist myself up on the sink and perch. From Wordnik.com. [At the Gay Men's Counseling Center] Reference
Meanwhile, I'll hoist a glass every March 10 in memory of the bubble. From Wordnik.com. [Bull? Bear? Lemming!] Reference
"No, especially as we couldn't hoist the signal to show that," went on. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem] Reference
Hook it up to the chain hoist that would lift the top of the mold off. From Wordnik.com. [Summer Jobs: Poppin Fresh] Reference
Right-wing organizations still hoist portraits of Petain in their parades. From Wordnik.com. [Ripping Through The Veil] Reference
But sometimes celebrities can help hoist real content into our tower of babble. From Wordnik.com. [Stagecraft And Statecraft] Reference
Such newspapers as were suspected of secession tendencies were compelled to hoist the. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
As the men hoist their camcorders, the mob starts a ragged howl, "Mo-ni-ca, Mo-ni-ca.". From Wordnik.com. [Monica Madness] Reference
But it is hard to see how shorter term tenancy would hoist people up the social scale. From Wordnik.com. [Tinkering with tenancy is no solution to the housing shortage] Reference
We must hoist a signal of distress, even if we are out of the track of regular vessels. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island] Reference
I'll hoist daddy's little buddy on my shoulders and sing whatever happy French people sing. From Wordnik.com. [My Son Thinks He's French] Reference
The government said it could take three to four months to reach the miners and then hoist them out. From Wordnik.com. [Chilean Miners Face Potential Pay Freeze] Reference
Rand even dug up an old schoolbook quotation about an engineer who had been hoist with his own petard. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts on the Yukon] Reference
The plan is to hoist the men out one-by-one, a journey that could take about 40 minutes for each miner. From Wordnik.com. [Underground Dreams: Beer, Hugs and Weddings] Reference
When the hole is completed, toward the end of this year, rescuers will hoist the men out, officials say. From Wordnik.com. [Chile Reviews Rescue Options] Reference
Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag and begin to slit throats. From Wordnik.com. [James Campion: The Money Season] Reference
Ellsworth's blood was up and he resolved to take down that flag and hoist the stars and stripes with his own hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
Rescuers are drilling three shafts to the part of the mine where the men are holed up and then plan to hoist them up. From Wordnik.com. [Chile Miners Are on Track for Rescue, President Says] Reference
The invaders possessed themselves of the keys of the town, and endeavoured with great parade to hoist the Free State flag. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
On leaving the garden, we mount our green spectacles, hoist our umbrella, and resolutely set our face homeward and Romeward. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
Even as they went I was conscious of exclaiming, -- remembering the saying about the engineer being hoist by his own petard. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
To hoist the Stars and Stripes, a shipping line must hire American seamen and build its vessels in high-cost U.S. shipyards. From Wordnik.com. [Al Gore's Battle Of The Bizarre] Reference
(Soundbite of scraping) MANN: We pull up on shore and hoist our boats on our backs, wading off through a swamp of waist deep mud. From Wordnik.com. [Adirondack Waters Welcome Paddlers Back] Reference
The government says it could take three or four months to dig down to where the miners are, and then hoist them out in a capsule. From Wordnik.com. [Chile to Dig Three Rescue Tunnels for Miners] Reference
But how to weave the old web anew -- how to hoist the same rope again and again -- how to continue the interest to a twice-told tale?. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
My county loyalties (something that pertained in the old days) still lie with Middlesex, although I hope Glamorgan can hoist themselves up. From Wordnik.com. [Somerset county championship win would exorcise ghosts of legends past] Reference
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