Sentence examples for lofty term from inspiring English sources

In states such as California voters will probably have to consider more than a dozen next year.The lofty term for these initiatives, along with referendums and recalls (most famously of Gray Davis, California's then-governor, in 2003), is "direct democracy".

But in some central and east European countries, referendums, recalls and voter initiatives, often described by the lofty term "direct democracy", remain shunned by those they should be serving: citizens.Two weeks ago, a referendum in Moldova on direct presidential elections was declared invalid when fewer than a third of eligible voters bothered to turn out.

He's a writer and "media inventor" which seems to be a lofty term for "cool guy who gets the Internet and understands that discourse needs to be both intelligent and entertaining to effect any sort of meaningful social change".

The parties presented themselves in lofty idealistic terms during the campaign, the pro-Brussels camp trumpeting Moldova's recent association agreement with the EU and the pro-Moscow camp its eternal love of Russia.

Others explain their thinking in less, well, lofty terms.

Some baseball purists are referring to it in far less lofty terms.

Mrs. Clinton is fond of talking about herself in lofty terms as a symbolic figure.

But in lofty terms, he was clearly seeking to reach a wider audience than just primary voters.

She had a fortune worth several hundred million dollars and spoke in lofty terms about expanding the human brain and fostering humanity and imagination.

Richard A. Grasso, chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, talks in lofty terms about a time not far in the future when a global stock marketplace will operate around the clock.

Tech-heads and people who simply need to buy stuff will use lofty terms like "anamorphic transfer", "high resolution" and "surround sound" to ridicule the trusty VHS.