Literary notes about uplifting (AI summary)
Writers employ "uplifting" in literature to evoke both physical gestures and deep emotional or spiritual elevation. It frequently appears to describe a literal upward motion—such as lifting one’s eyes or hands ([1], [2], [3])—while also conveying a sense of inner renewal and moral exaltation in characters or settings ([4], [5], [6]). The word functions on several levels: at times it signifies the shimmering crest of natural phenomena ([7], [8]), and at others it marks the noble, transformative influence of ideas, faith, or duty ([9], [10], [11]). In each case, this versatile term enriches the narrative by simultaneously suggesting physical movement and an inspiring, elevated state of being.
- she replied, uplifting her eyes: "and humbly on my knees will I thank it for giving me that strength, even in the midst of weakness!"
— from The Vicar of Wrexhill by Frances Milton Trollope - But, uplifting my eyes, I saw that Berenice stood before me.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe - " "Well!" ejaculated Mrs. Cross, pausing with a large bite of bread and butter distending her cheek, and uplifting her hands.
— from North, South and Over the Sea by M. E. Francis - Let us then read uplifting books, which stir us to make the most of ourselves.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden - The beauty of the scene was strangely uplifting.
— from The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood - No matter how nervous, tired, or discouraged one may be, they are always soothing, stimulating, uplifting.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden - Behind them came the wall of white, angry water, uplifting its snowy crest gleamingly through the darkness.
— from The Border Boys with the Mexican Rangers by John Henry Goldfrap - Already the uplifting of the waters on the surface indicates that something is in motion below.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne - The uplifting obligation to love God is assumed with man's first breath of an air freely bestowed by his only Benefactor.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - I mean that when the saving and uplifting god approaches, the preliminary rites of the Mysteries take place.
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 1 by Emperor of Rome Julian - The uplifting force of the American idea is under every throne on earth.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein
