Sentence examples for lofty matters from inspiring English sources

The speakers then were overwhelmingly white and male, addressing lofty matters in mostly impersonal terms.

But the fiercest attack on "Avatar" has focused on what may seem, compared to such lofty matters, like a minor detail.

Impressionism, with its fast, loose brushwork and aim of capturing the moment, was of course a reaction to the tight rendering, lofty subject matter and polished look of the Salon-style paintings approved by French officialdom.

Perhaps it's because the producers were not up to the lofty subject matter -- and in some cases maybe it's just the bad dubbing -- but the earlier sword-and-sandal epics often had a unique way of yielding, well, memorable utterances.

At a party congress in December, she will offer a homily on "German interests", shifting her focus to loftier matters than inflation and well-funded pensions.One reason for the emphasis on ideals is prosaic: Germany's economic reforms, at least for now, have run their course.

The resistance to linking Enron to corporate fraud and political connections came out at a session on a supposedly loftier matter attended by John J. Sweeney, president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O.

My own lofty project matters more than the concerns of the housekeepers who make my beds.

On this Constitution Day, ordinary people may not think they have any say or stake in lofty constitutional matters when we talk about constitutional questions using these terms.

She spoke not far from the site where Obama last week delivered a rousing address on race — and her campaign was pleased with the juxtaposition in the hope that blue-collar voters will be swayed more by pocketbook matters than the loftier subject of social harmony.

Children at any level are most often shortchanged by instructors who are either misfits or whose lofty love of subject matter blinds them to the intellectual and personal needs of their students.

This teacher just said you're gonna do it, you have to do it -- and it gave me a sense that high, lofty expectations really matter".