Verb (used with object) : to uplift downtrodden and deprived peoples.    From Dictionary.com. 

Crowning the granite shaft, with wings outstretched and arms uplifted, is an angel of victory over-topping the mother and her sons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Canadian Cities of Romance] Reference

Did I not with these eyes see the sword uplifted and the smiter strike?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Disowned — Complete] Reference

With that exclamation, Bent Nose charged, sword uplifted to split Lalo like a stick of kindling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conan the Indomitable]

The squadron wheeled, headed by an officer, who rode upon him with sword uplifted as though to cut him down.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mississippi Bubble] Reference

Massachusetts, with the free blood of the Puritans coursing in her veins, and with the sword uplifted in her right hand, to procure.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act Anti-Slavery Tracts No. 9, An Appeal To The Legislators Of Massachusetts] Reference

Down the dark street came rushing the heroic image of Joan of Arc, with sword uplifted, her head shining with the refulgence of the halo.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Camp Fire Girls at School Or, The Wohelo Weavers] Reference

Like the bright hair uplifted from the head.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ode to the West Wind] Reference

Donald is as much "uplifted" as the Prime Minister; probably more so.    From Wordnik.com.  [James Watt] Reference

However, the sentiment is uplifted which is expected to give the market a fillip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Moneycontrol Top Headlines] Reference

He said he felt "uplifted" to know that so many people came out to support the Nation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vigil supports Onondaga's lawsuit over land | syracuse.com] Reference

We can then be "uplifted" by the words, while the resulting deeds cannot do us, as individuals, any harm.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Promise of American Life] Reference

The individual as well as the nation must be educated and "uplifted" chiefly by what the individual can do for himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Promise of American Life] Reference

Hannah, looking sideway over the uplifted milk pan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Old Homestead] Reference

We left the kids uplifted, but our frustration grew.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christina Pirello: Helping Kids Eat Better, One Broccoli Spear at a Time] Reference

He was standing perfectly motionless with an uplifted ax in his hands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz] Reference

The day I saw the show, every visitor smiled with recognition, uplifted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Martin Creed: Down Over Up; Richard Wright: The Stairwell Project; Joan Mitchell] Reference

Sentiment in music leaves one in an uplifted and wholesome state of mind.    From Wordnik.com.  [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference

A plastic surgeon dug it out, leaving me with a perpetually uplifted eyebrow.    From Wordnik.com.  [That Little Freckle Could Be A Time Bomb] Reference

Long after her lips ceased to move her face and hands were uplifted to Heaven.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Old Homestead] Reference

Mole stood a moment rigid, while his uplifted nose, quivering slightly, felt the air.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Wind In The Willows': A Christmas Take On A Classic] Reference

When love, peace, respect, and modernization are imparted, societies will be uplifted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wayne Besen: Why We Are Losing the 'War On Terrorism'] Reference

Is it na ve to visit today's Motown and find oneself uplifted by a city in so much trouble?.    From Wordnik.com.  [When the Motor City Was a Symbol of Strength] Reference

I look uplifted on a superficial level, and that inspires me to connect with my innate dignity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lodro Rinzler: The Buddhist Gentleman: How to Buy Nice Clothes] Reference

The words fell in whispers from her white lips, her forehead was one moment uplifted to heaven.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Old Homestead] Reference

Nothing that has life could help being uplifted by contact with our ever-expanding civilization.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World] Reference

We want them to have loved the piece, feeling uplifted and hopefully they'll come to the next concert.    From Wordnik.com.  [Last but Definitely Not Least (Great Finales)] Reference

The uplifted and dignified appearance of these teachers comes from confidence in their own innate goodness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lodro Rinzler: The Buddhist Gentleman: How to Buy Nice Clothes] Reference

I want to be tired after and be like, ooh, that was so great, like, I had a workout, I'm uplifted and I'm energized.    From Wordnik.com.  [R & D's Ledisi's 'Turn Me Loose'] Reference

Our neural chemistry is soothed or uplifted by music the same way that it's affected by looking at puppies or sunsets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Some call i-dosing a drug substitute, while others say binaural beats fall flat] Reference

After I left, I reflected on how this woman who had uplifted countless people seemed so unable (or unwilling) to embrace joy.    From Wordnik.com.  [James Gavin: Abbey Lincoln and Herman Leonard: Truthtellers in Jazz] Reference

I apologize if I have not inspired you, or uplifted you, but we have failed to inspire and uplift an entire generation of children.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marian Wright Edelman: Getting All Children the Schools They Deserve] Reference