quixotic
Example Sentences
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Sánchez launched what many viewed as a Quixotic road trip to drum up support across Spain from rank-and-file party members.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2023
He pointed out that Douglas Hurd, then Foreign Secretary, was "exercising restraint" in public as he did not want to "provoke the Rees-Mogg brigade" into "further Quixotic action".
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2018
Youth Quixotic, idiosyncratic, effortlessly moving, this meditation on the wonders and complications of life unites top Italian director Paolo Sorrentino with stars Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano and Jane Fonda.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2015
In what may ultimately be a Quixotic effort, the U.S.
From Slate • Feb. 5, 2013
To half of us he was a rather Quixotic hero—to the rest a sort of cheap poseur.
From Mortmain by Train, Arthur Cheny
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