idealistic

Example Sentences

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We have been told that to achieve these proposed benefits we must follow an idealistic, age-old formula all family members at the table, happily sharing a home-cooked meal and chatting without distractions.

From Salon

When we deal with these extraneous things, instead of providing optimal and sound clinical care, it transforms that idealistic vision we had as young doctors into a dark and unpleasant one.

From Scientific American

If you read historical documents or interviews from this time, you get the sense that Exxon scientists were genuinely interested in understanding climate change — even a bit idealistic!

From Salon

In Mr. DeSantis’s framing, these are the idealistic mutterings of a “Wilsonian.”

From New York Times

“It started so idealistically, state-sponsored care, and then people just began dumping their old relatives there.”

From Los Angeles Times