Literary notes about RAISED (AI summary)
The word “raised” is employed in literature with a striking versatility that spans both literal and metaphorical meanings. In many passages it depicts a physical elevation—characters lift their eyes or heads in reaction to events, as seen when a woman “raised her large, staring eyes” [1] or when a peasant “raised his head” to look at a boy [2]. At the same time, “raised” can signify acts of mobilization or protest, such as a shout or voice being “raised” in defiance or determination [3], [4], [5]. The term also extends into more abstract uses, describing the process of building up or attaining status, like being “raised” to a consulship [6] or even “raising expectations” in the hearts of others [7]. In contexts as varied as discussing architectural principles [8] and the collection of money [9], “raised” vividly connects physical lifting with concepts of elevation in spirit, status, or collective effort.
- She raised her large, staring eyes to the magistrate, and replied, as though mechanically, without convulsion or agitation,— “Yes.”
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo - A sturdy-looking peasant, with a round, simple face and grizzled beard, who was walking by, raised his head and looked at the boy.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - The shout being raised anew, and making a united effort, they drive the enemy back; nor could the Roman power be any longer resisted.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy - Without having intended it, he had raised his voice.
— from The Trial by Franz Kafka - Thereupon they all raised a war-shout, encouraged each other, and rushed to the assault.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson - In 140 Marcus was raised to the consulship, and in 145 his betrothal was consummated by marriage.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius - What, will you leave me when you have raised my expectations so high?
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations by Marcus Tullius Cicero - But when it has to be raised higher, the same principle will be modified as follows.
— from The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio - Several of these festivals were held, and quite a little sum of money was raised.
— from Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington
