Sentence examples for lofty step from inspiring English sources

To those who know, that joy inhabits the same lofty step – where the mountains of Britain stand as tall as any in the world.

Librettos took a loftier tone.

Although your goals are lofty, you would never step over someone to achieve them.

Otherwise, however, the toned-down celebration will mark a departure from the so-called People's Inaugural thrown four years ago by Mr. Spitzer, featuring a series of receptions open to the public, a who's who of prominent elected officials, and his lofty promise on the steps of the Capitol that "Day 1 of our time for change has arrived".

He now sets himself a lofty goal of 20,000 steps a day.

The founders took one step towards that lofty mission on Sunday evening, with their official beta launch.

Oil prices took a small step down from lofty levels Monday as dealers took profits from the gasoline-driven rally late last week.

Public Library, financed by Andrew Carnegie at the turn of the 20th century, where a patron progressed from the children's room on the first floor up the creaky steps to a lofty rotunda embellished with walnut trim, a skylight and painted murals of medieval scenes.

So let's take a few steps back from lofty legal talk of open justice and look at practical examples of what this is all about.

Should we consign and exclusively assign love to changing the world, we are dreaming aloud and skipping the urgent, intimate steps toward that lofty goal.

I'm hardly an expert on romance novels — though Lauren Collins's Profile of Nora Roberts certainly brought me a step closer to that lofty goal — so I turned to someone who is, Sarah Wendell, of the blog Smart Bitches, Trashy Books.