Sentence examples for lofty posturing from inspiring English sources
Tagore hoped that the East might temper the machinelike nature of modern civilization, "substituting the human heart for cold expediency," but despite such lofty posturing, India had become a sort of cautionary tale for China, a country of humiliated British slaves.
James E. Goodwin James E. Goodwin, 57, got the lofty position two years ago.
Military drumrolls fight against soft keyboards, heavy guitars try to drown out snatches of electronica, and all the time the tension between lofty lyricism and posturing musical simplicity grows.
But it's also the lofty footwear's posture-altering ability that continues to magnetise fans, forcing the wearer, who is placed in a tiptoe position, to thrust their chest forward and arch their back for balance, while seductively curving the foot and giving the illusion of a longer leg.
Labour has adopted a posture of lofty disdain towards the whole thing.
The judicial culture, legal experts said, encourages a posture of lofty omniscience, not admissions of human failure.
But the lofty stances end up as posturing to the extent that a single standard is not applied.
With her dancer's posture and flapper's haircut and a topaz brooch at her throat, she looked far too attractively lofty to be interested in her plate of spaghetti.
That is very lofty ground.
Irony flattens her lofty sentiment.
