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UK
/ɛɡzˈɒltɪŋ/
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[ US /ɪɡˈzɔɫtɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ɪɡˈzɔɫtɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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tending to exalt
an exalting eulogy
ennobling thoughts
How To Use exalting In A Sentence
- Whether exalting technology over people, or people over technology, we are not moving beyond the binaries that are currently limiting us.
- I happened to be exalting my voice to enforce order, I was using undue violence, and setting the girls a bad example by such ungentleness of tone and language.
- Those who allow Satan in their temple, declaring humanistic wisdom, are exalting themselves above God and opposing God.
- The pleasure he takes in humbling the proud and exalting those of low degree (v. 6): The Lord lifts up the meek, who abase themselves before him, and whom men trample on; but the wicked, who conduct themselves insolently towards God and scornfully towards all mankind, who lift up themselves in pride and folly, he casteth down to the ground, sometimes by very humbling providences in this world, at furthest in the day when their faces shall be filled with everlasting shame. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
- I've been lucky enough to revel in this carnival metropolis since newspapers captivated readers with bristling exploits of the Zodiac Killer and Herb Caen wrote his daily columns for the San Francisco Chronicle exalting life in "Baghdad by the Bay. Red Room: Pam Tent: Home Is Where You Hang Your Hat: Why San Francisco Is It for Me
- Djabal stabs himself on her body, thus "exalting" himself to her. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)
- Are we to believe that in the rational future, these works will be surpassed by works exalting happiness and denigrating self-sacrifice?
- He is very like a spiritual hypochondriac, exalting the very pathologies that seem to burden him most. The Times Literary Supplement
- Blessed Virgin they were bidden to bethink themselves how "God remembered His mercy and truth toward the House of Israel," exalting "the humble and meek," filling "the hungry with good things," and helping "His servant Israel. Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885.
- Southern newspapers were rife with editorials exalting Brooks as an honourable southern gentleman who acted appropriately in the defense of his family, home, and ultimately the southern way of life.