How to Use exalt in a Sentence

exalt

verb
  • The essay exalts the simple beauty of the country.
  • He shamelessly exalts his own role in the peace process.
  • His behavior has exalted the power and prestige of his office.
  • We exalt thee, O Lord.
  • The less exalted won’t be so lucky.
    — Lionel Laurent, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The sound is so present that even the smallest thing is exalted.
    — Carlos Aguilar, IndieWire, 8 Mar. 2025
  • There’s chart action right now for songs that exalt women as paragons of virtue.
    — Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Aftab exalts her beloved’s moon-like beauty throughout the song.
    — Vrinda Jagota, SPIN, 29 May 2024
  • Boyes, too, exalts the elephants like a man possessed.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The point is not to poke fun at the mundanity, but to exalt it.
    — Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Ayesha has always been wary of programs that exalt donors as saviors.
    — Alex Bhattacharji, Town & Country, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Kings have used it to exalt themselves, tyrants to decide which people to purge.
    — Maud Newton, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Later years are to be exalted and welcomed.
    — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Later years are to be exalted and welcomed.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Its shares have kept up with the stockmarket and its standing is exalted.
    — The Economist, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Nor are black women exalted by society the way white women are.
    — Kyla Jenee Lacey, The Root, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Mothers don’t need to be on a pedestal, to be exalted for their strength and their inevitable suffering.
    — John Archibald | [email protected], al.com, 13 June 2019
  • The exhibit ended up being a call to arms for fashion as an art, something that exalted the craft to new heights.
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 1 May 2017
  • That is the very opposite of being humbled; it is being exalted.
    — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 10 June 2019
  • Religion, art, and every aspect of courtly culture were used to exalt the image of the new queen.
    — History Magazine, 29 Dec. 2020
  • She was then dubbed the ultimate bridesmaid and launched many a fan page exalting her pert posterior.
    — Nardine Saad, latimes.com, 10 Apr. 2017
  • The music world has come to exalt the B-52as a new wave institution.
    — John Petkovic, cleveland.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • In her endeavor to exalt such a bleak world, Zuniga seems to be battling herself.
    — Vrinda Jagota, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Saquon Barkley and Josh Allen, which would have been hated by some and exalted by others, might have worked.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The revolt is the day of reckoning for all those who have exalted freeways above other urban values.
    — Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • White supremacy exalts the creature over the Creator, and the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against it.
    — Russell Moore, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2017
  • The whole world seems illuminated, and the boys' movement feels exalted.
    — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Whatever happened to exalting the Thinker over the armored knight?
    — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2024
  • In a sport where progression is exalted, the athletes pushed the level of riding at the Dew Tour.
    — Rachel Axon, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2017
  • This isn't the first time a Sony-Marvel film has had a whimper of a release while being exalted online.
    — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2024

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