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.
  • Pugh hoisted this one out of the ground and into her pack.
    — Lauren Steele, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The statue depicts a man in a suit hoisting a large flag.
    — Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 2 May 2026
  • The truck hoisted bins into the air in front of a cheering crowd.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Those in the hole were hoisted out in rescue baskets via ropes.
    — Brie Stimson, Fox News, 3 June 2023
  • Bernard was in the rafters, hoisting up a painting that nobody liked.
    — Mary Norris, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Chwalińska, one step ahead, was waiting to hoist up a lob.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 4 June 2026
  • After some time, the group is able to hoist the deputy back onto the overpass.
    — Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Rod will hoist the Cup in Carolina once again!
    — Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • Hook the handlebars and seat to it and hoist it up towards the ceiling.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Dec. 2025
  • All the first responders try to hoist the metal wreckage by hand.
    — Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The three hoisted two wattles onto their shoulders and strode up a hill.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Others hoist small children on their shoulders to get a better view.
    — USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2023
  • But seeing its rival hoist the trophy in both major sports would cut like a knife.
    — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • So who will hoist the hardware at the Alamodome?
    — Rick Cantu, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The flume was hoisted by helicopter and anchored to the canyon bedrock.
    — Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • But not everyone can make the trek overseas to hoist a Maßkrug (beer stein).
    — Don Tse, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • That has rarely been an indicator of who hoists the Cup at the end of four rounds.
    — Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The videos show two men hoisting her above their heads and tossing her over the side of a bridge while a third man looks on.
    — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 15 June 2026
  • Batten down the hatches, lower the boom, and hoist the mainsail.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The little crossbar in the step-through frame even doubles as a handle to help hoist the bike up stairs.
    — Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Most of the cows died, but, as local lore has it, some swam, or were hoisted up in trees, long enough to survive.
    — Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Could the rescuers get some kind of inflatable under the whale that might, when filled, hoist it off the sand?
    — Robin Romm, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
  • 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
  • Video shows one officer grabbing the deer by his antlers and trying to hoist it out the window.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Leipold desperately wants to hoist the Cup.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025

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
  • In that space is a slot the car drives into with a hoist to lift it up.
    — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Watching Young hoist and hit shots from near the logo is thrilling.
    — George Schroeder, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2018
  • In the dining hall, food arrives on a hoist from the ceiling.
    — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Bridge nets are also employed to help with the final hoist to the planks.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Protected well in canal can hold a 40-foot boat and a jet ski, two hoists.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 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
  • Is the pitch of the hill steep enough to merit a helicopter hoist rescue?
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Oct. 2022
  • The hoist followed a prescribed path to move the lid aside without setting it down.
    — cincinnati.com, 17 Mar. 2020
  • Renodo put the foam back, and the students headed down the hoist.
    — John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
  • 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
  • Big waves, just a few months prior, had shredded two pilings below the boat hoist.
    — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Bean and Smith hoist Nichols into the air using the handcuff.
    — Robin Stein, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The first care aide uses a hydraulic hoist to transfer him from his bed to his electric wheelchair.
    — Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • Rescue crews reached her by helicopter and retrieved her with a hoist, Raney said.
    — Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • The troops are conducting hoist rescue missions in both areas.
    — Taylor M. Riley, The Courier-Journal, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Scott designed and built the specialized hoist system used to lift turtles over the pier railing.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
  • The hoist did the work of two men, never faltering and never once complaining.
    — Ryan D'agostino, Popular Mechanics, 23 Jan. 2019
  • 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
  • At this writing, the building is still unfinished, with a hoist still climbing up the facade.
    — Robert Campbell, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2019
  • According to crews, the hoist was challenging and completed in dim light.
    — oregonlive.com, 6 Aug. 2019
  • During the 16th century, its past tense gave rise to the modern hoist/hoisted.
    — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Wordle Bot tells me hoist would have been better and that seems pretty obvious in hindsight.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • Behind Evans’ shop, a Fiero ripped off a hoist by the floods lay upside down alongside another car on its roof.
    — Angie Jackson, Detroit Free Press, 21 May 2020
  • They were initially delayed due to high-wind speeds, making helicopter hoists unsafe.
    — Austin Turner, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Rust in areas including the hoist and chain above the cooker, and on buckets, metal cart shelves, drop ceiling tracts and blast chiller coils.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 12 Dec. 2025

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