This was no lone warrior, but the medieval equivalent of a jet-fighter pilot, borne aloft on a great pyramid of interdependent human activity.

Round the square in front of the cathedral figurines of the saints are born aloft in glass cases.

Borne aloft at the back of the stage by a pair of armour-plated angel's wings, he descended from the heavens on to a walkway leading into the crowd.

Media firms used to be among the most glamorous on the stock market, borne aloft on the increase in advertising that accompanies economic growth.

At the 'car' end of the prototype spectrum was the beach buggy borne aloft with a propeller and a parafoil.

And he had never envisioned himself being carried aloft by celebrating supporters, as he was at the final whistle.

For another, he was carried aloft on a hydraulic platform, discreetly secured by a small harness.

In addition, dust from drought stricken areas was carried aloft into the storm system, falling to the ground and thus coating cars in mud.

Wielding a hammer and tongs, the tools of his trade, he was carried aloft by his comrades through the town.

The deflated balloon was carried aloft by a bubble of helium.

The godwit can keep aloft for twice as long and can cover 7,100 miles non-stop.

These, then, are five pins we must keep aloft in those whirling arcs, and hopefully, prayerfully, prevent from crashing to the ground.

In artificial wormeries the liquid has to be drained away and the worms kept aloft in the undigested matter.

Gentle and embued with a melancholy romanticism, they are kept aloft by smooth, beguiling melodies.

The kestrel (as windhovers are more usually called now) rides on that swooping, extended opening sentence, kept aloft on a sustained run of words.

Are there any significant figures within both parties to raise aloft a banner for the idea - and would anyone march behind it?

We guarantee to raise aloft and wave the red banner of the revolution.

He stood, then, arms raised aloft and the crowd rose generously to him, a lovely feeling for any young batsman.

But where are the high hopes on which commercial radio's first fusion was raised aloft?

Raised aloft on a shield after the national fashion, and balanced on the shoulders of the bearers, he was chosen general.

They are designed to stay aloft for 100 days, after which they are replaced.

Watching their homeland disappear on the horizon, they wonder how much longer the balloon can stay aloft.

Even though it’s fighting gravity to stay aloft, an electric drone uses much less energy per mile than a heavy steel delivery truck burning diesel fuel.

When they take to the air, the vast sound reflects the effort needed to stay aloft.

If his system works perfectly he could, in theory, stay aloft indefinitely.