How to Use hoist in a Sentence

hoist

1 of 2 verb

• The engine was hoisted out with a winch.
• He stopped at a bar after work to hoist a few beers with his friends.
• The cargo was hoisted up onto the ship.
• She hoisted a last-second shot that would have won the game if it had gone in.
• The steel girders were hoisted into place and securely welded.
• The truck hoisted bins into the air in front of a cheering crowd.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
• The French know how to do what’s necessary to hoist the Cup.
  — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2022
• Amazingly, all of the wood stayed on the pallet, but the load was too heavy to hoist back aboard.
  — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2023
• Those in the hole were hoisted out in rescue baskets via ropes.
  — Brie Stimson, Fox News, 3 June 2023
• Thread the gambrel through the natural holes in the hind legs (between the bone and thick tendon) and hoist your deer.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Sep. 2023
• The lift reeled the gillnet into the arms of a waiting crew, who hoisted it atop a table.
  — Bennet Goldstein, Journal Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2023
• Now, sucking wind, grab the barbell at your feet and hoist deadlifts with 185 pounds.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
• An ambulance and a paramedic rushed to the scene, and the player’s horse was hoisted from his leg.
  — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2023
• The three hoisted two wattles onto their shoulders and strode up a hill.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2023
• Breakfast is part of the fun — simply hoist your hamper up to the tree house when it's delivered in the morning.
  — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2023
• The tournament live-streamed the boat’s return to shore, and crowds of people cheered as the marlin was hoisted into the air and weighed.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN, 19 June 2023
• One at a time, a contestant — carrying a sandbag — would be hoisted up in the air to the top of the jungle's tree canopy.
  — Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2024
• Leo was then placed in a hoisting basket that brought him and the swimmer back into the helicopter.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2024
• Just before the flag is lowered for the day, the flag should once again be momentarily hoisted to the peak.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• Woodard said, hoisting a hunk of metal dripping with black, bottom-of-the-harbor ooze.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
• Others hoist small children on their shoulders to get a better view.
  — USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2023
• Jaedon LeDee grabbed the rebound, appeared to draw contact and hoisted a short shot that missed as well.
  — Staff Reports, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2023
• Now, she’s hoisted the historic estate that the estranged couple bought in the ‘90s onto the market.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2023
• Instead of looking for other ways to score points, the Crimson Tide continued to hoist up shots from the perimeter.
  — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
• And so it was hoisted by a helicopter and taken to a clean room there in Utah, and then there were tests done, and then there was a nitrogen purge.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2023
• Traditional soccer scarves are being held in the air, with fans hoisting the team’s crest in front of them.
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2024
• Vegas can hoist the Stanley Cup as soon as Tuesday by beating the Panthers on home ice.
  — Stephen Whyno, ajc, 11 June 2023
• Strahinja, who is nearly Nikola’s height and covered in tattoos, grabbed him below the waist and hoisted him off the ground.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
• If the weather allowed, a small sail could be hoisted, though the Seattle Star newspaper compared it to a child’s toy.
  — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2023
• Rescue workers hoisted the stretcher and took off down the main road, the small body covered in a purple blanket.
  — Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023

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hoist

2 of 2 noun

• The movers zipped him up in the stretcher and hooked it to a hoist.
  — Andy Newman, New York Times, 16 May 2018
• The crew lashed the two A-frames around the statue, then added the crossbar and a hoist.
  — Chron.com Staff, Houston Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2020
• In that space is a slot the car drives into with a hoist to lift it up.
  — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
• In the dining hall, food arrives on a hoist from the ceiling.
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2022
• At lake level the building has a sleek boat slip and hoist.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 1 May 2021
• Bean and Smith hoist Nichols into the air using the handcuff.
  — Robin Stein, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
• To either add salt to the slurry or to drop in the ingots, a hefty hoist had to lift off the hefty lid.
  — cincinnati.com, 17 Mar. 2020
• Bridge nets are also employed to help with the final hoist to the planks.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 1 Dec. 2021
• Renodo put the foam back, and the students headed down the hoist.
  — John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
• Is the pitch of the hill steep enough to merit a helicopter hoist rescue?
  — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Oct. 2022
• Protected well in canal can hold a 40-foot boat and a jet ski, two hoists.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2018
• Watching Young hoist and hit shots from near the logo is thrilling.
  — George Schroeder, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2018
• The hoist followed a prescribed path to move the lid aside without setting it down.
  — cincinnati.com, 17 Mar. 2020
• The flag features a magnolia flower on a blue banner with red bars on the hoist and fly side of the flag.
  — Alissa Zhu, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2020
• The medevac unit stood up in 2017, and Wednesday’s mission was its first rescue with hoist.
  — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 18 July 2019
• During the 16th century, its past tense gave rise to the modern hoist/hoisted.
  — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2021
• Because of the steep terrain, two crew members were lowered on a hoist to bring the woman up in a rescue seat.
  — sacbee, 29 May 2017
• Big waves, just a few months prior, had shredded two pilings below the boat hoist.
  — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
• Firefighters placed ladders into the recess and used a hoist to pull the man up to ground level.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 15 June 2018
• One at a time, they were transported out of the home to gain acceess to the roof where a guardsman was positioned to assist with the hoist.
  — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2022
• Officials reattached the flags to the broken metal hoist but were unable to raise them again.
  — John Pye, Fox News, 19 Aug. 2018
• The French doors in the studio could be replaced with a garage door and steel beam ceiling construction in the studio would allow for the use of a hoist.
  — Margaret Demarino, courant.com, 6 July 2017
• The interviewer noted the weight listed for Snyder's dead lift, a hoist using the back and legs.
  — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 14 Mar. 2018
• The hoist did the work of two men, never faltering and never once complaining.
  — Logan Ward, Popular Mechanics, 20 Mar. 2017
• The first care aide uses a hydraulic hoist to transfer him from his bed to his electric wheelchair.
  — Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019
• First responders from Silverton Fire District used a hoist to bring the woman out of the well.
  — oregonlive, 19 Feb. 2021
• Rescue crews reached her by helicopter and retrieved her with a hoist, Raney said.
  — Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2022
• At this writing, the building is still unfinished, with a hoist still climbing up the facade.
  — Robert Campbell, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2019
• There’s also a four-car garage, plus a private deep-water pier, boat hoist, jet ski platform and two buoys.
  — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2023
• The idiom’s hoist is the past tense of an older verb that is now obsolete: hoise (sometimes spelled and pronounced hyse).
  — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 3 May 2024