Sentence examples for lofty statues from inspiring English sources
The lofty statues in Lisbon's squares represent the judgment of history.
The ruins of the ancient city of Bishāpūr (or Shāhpūr), which are situated 12 miles (19 km) north, have Sāsānid (c. ad 224 651) bas-reliefs and, in a lofty cave, a statue of Shāpūr I (ad 241 272).
To display his lofty ambitions, another project, a huge statue symbolising "Africa's Renaissance", overlooking Dakar, is being built by North Koreans.But close to home, many Senegalese are less impressed.
Ramses II added an outer court, decorated with colossal statues of himself between the pillars of a double colonnade, and a lofty pylon on which he depicted festival scenes and episodes from his wars in Syria.
The sizes of the statues made were increased until they reached stupendous dimensions; the slim and lofty busts also had huge cylindrical pukao (topknots) of red tuff placed on top of their slender heads.
After pausing briefly to admire a spotlighted statue of Hatshepsut, the 18th-dynasty female ruler of Egypt, she resumed complaining about the gallery, whose height she deemed too lofty for the work on display.
That is very lofty ground.
Irony flattens her lofty sentiment.
