Sentence examples for lofty that from inspiring English sources

"Judges have this particular conceit of themselves that they're so lofty that they're immune to the vulgarity of public opinion.

Today's wars of intervention are like medieval conflicts, causes so lofty that mere mortals cannot see the point.

The dominating language can be so lofty that it forces you to crane your neck and miss the carpet being pulled from underneath your feet.

George Tice's "From the Chrysler Building" (1978) gives us a view of the city so lofty that sound seems not to exist.

And in a portrait by Charles Sprague Pearce, Paul Wayland Bartlett, another sculptor, strikes an attitude so lofty that it appears to have turned his nose pink.

The scattered tents are all but invisible to passing cars, deep in the shade of redwoods so lofty that their crowns cannot be discerned.

Yet its motivation would appear to be less lofty than that of Osama bin Laden's paradise-seekers.

They think that values are lofty ideals that have little connection with their daily lives.

Your editorial adds a caveat that nuclear disarmament "is a lofty goal that won't be achieved in his second term, or maybe for years after that".

It is a lofty goal that will not be achieved during his presidency — or for years after that.

It is a lofty goal that won't be achieved in his second term, or maybe for years after that.