Sentence examples for lofty rocky from inspiring English sources
In 1779 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe hiked through the Lauterbrunnen, describing its splendors in his poem, "Spirit Song Over the Waters": "Down from the lofty rocky wall/ Streams the bright flood,/Then spreadeth gently in cloudy billows/ O'er the smooth rock".
It's vital that the Declaration of Independence outlines our lofty goals, but the Constitution is the GPS that helps us negotiate the rocky terrain we often encounter to get to those goals.
In the rocky topography of human affection, the butterfly flits among the loftiest peaks, with the ladybug and honeybee as its only insect companions.
One of the town's beaches catches the sun between the cliff and the rocky promontory where the church of Santa Maria dell'Isola sits in a lofty grove of olive trees and prickly pear cactus.
The rolling, rocky hills of southeastern New England are not dissimilar to the Piedmont, while, farther northwest, the rugged and lofty White Mountains are a New England analogue to the Blue Ridge.
Despite a rocky build-up to the formal launch of his campaign – including staff changes, uncertainty over meeting his own lofty fundraising goals, and the ghost of his brother's Iraq war – Bush appeared poised, relaxed and jovial.
That is very lofty ground.
