Sentence examples for more lofty from inspiring English sources

Rather our jihad is more lofty and higher.

It has been dispiriting to see America's banks apparently stand for nothing more lofty than plunder.

Does he have a bigger or more lofty goal than simply amassing power for power's sake?

The media attention has encouraged them to go after more lofty goals.

Pizzarotti once had more lofty ambitions than mere honest management of a quiet town.

Surely being a vice-chancellor means you have more lofty things to worry about?

Sullivan, despite his prodigious talent for melody and skittish invention, had more lofty ambitions.

What the panel actually did, despite much more lofty-sounding headlines, was send the decision back to Goodell.

It targets the superstitious among us, who believe that where we are on that night -- what we're doing and with whom -- portends the trajectory of our upcoming year; the ambitious, who never miss an opportunity to batter ourselves with ever-more lofty aspirations; the hopeful, who want to believe that turning the calendar page can positively transform our problems.

"Strengthening and expanding the middle class requires more than lofty words," Mr. de Blasio wrote.

A year ago Obama's talk of "change" and "hope" were criticised for being nothing more than lofty rhetoric with little practical significance.