Sentence examples for a lofty statement from inspiring English sources

It was a lofty statement of principle, indifferent to the real risk of persecution that Wang faced.

It's a lofty statement, the kind one might expect to hear from the head of a nonprofit.

It's just like the self-effacing Mr. Earley to begin this appealing little book with dueling quotations re Hemingway's "Green Hills of Africa," one a lofty statement by Hemingway on his intentions, and the other a quote from T. S. Matthews, of Time magazine.

But the job that the Obama team has in mind seems to be less about setting a lofty vision statement for the government and more about orchestrating tactics to get different agencies to cooperate, share best practices and live up to the goal of creating a "more transparent" government.

There was just one problem with this lofty statement of preparedness: Fallon was at that very moment winging his way in quite the opposite direction – to Sierra Leone, as it happened – in a quite spectacular mismatch of words and deeds.

Beneath such lofty statements, though, was a complicated political fight provoked unexpectedly last week when Mr. Berlusconi ordered his party's government ministers to resign from the shaky coalition, in hopes of forcing new elections.

Lofty statements such as how a love of reading gives value to human life don't give the admissions committee anything personal or informative about you, the applicant.

Parties are long on lofty statements, short on anything resembling a policy, and the opposition spends more time squabbling than devising a common platform.

Instead of being bogged down in high-level diplomatic talks and lofty statements by politicians, Fulbrighters work to make a direct person-to-person impact.

It seems far removed from the legal ruling, and from the lofty statements by some folk that Valley Head is the Thermopylae in the fight to keep God in American public life.

In explaining the movie, Daniel Barber, who is making his directorial début, has issued alarmed and lofty statements about needing to "ask ourselves how we got to this point — the point where it's easier for kids to make a living from crime and drugs than a nine-to-five job".