Sentence examples for vague ideal from inspiring English sources

He has no interest in Rome, ancient or modern: nor does he any longer believe in his vague ideal, "the Absolute".

He never talks politics, and, at this point, his life long ago ruined by his service to the country, he is a warrior for a vague ideal that he describes like this: "You can't bring back the ones you love.

"In today's economy, diversity isn't some vague ideal.

Consider the following when auditioning: Don't look for the perfect actor who fits with the vague ideal in your head, as this will cause a lot of anxiety and could put you off the project.

Angad, known for his loyalty to the first Guru, was able to give form and a definitive character to the somewhat vague ideals propounded by Nanak.

The connection of art and life is, for this self-consciously German artist, not some vague optimistic ideal but a tragically unavoidable fact.

It could be a melange of everything and nothing, a case of mixing all the colours and ending up with mud, of serving vague political ideals at the expense of curatorial direction.

They're less principles and more vague, comparative ideals.

Despite acknowledging that our insecurities are something we all have in common, all too often we'd rather pursue vague body ideals rather than take an honest look at ourselves in the mirror and determine what we need to do to be happy in the body that we have.

Human rights were not a vague or general ideal as far as she was concerned.

But Lewis's own examples show that civic harmony in Umayyad Spain was more the result of shrewd statecraft and common sense than of some vague and anachronistic ideal of "tolerance".