idealistic

Example Sentences

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But Kornev is young and infused with an idealistic zeal, refusing to let these goons stonewall him.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

I would chose instead someone young, idealistic, someone on the physical model of Jared Kushner, perhaps.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Chutiphong Pipoppinyo was part of the "orange wave" of idealistic young candidates who stunned Thailand in the 2023 election by winning more seats for the progressive Move Forward party than any other party.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

It would have been a lot to ask that Simkhovitch, idealistic and self-sacrificing, predict that immigrant poverty and its housing conditions would be ameliorated with time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Those who are less idealistic embrace colorblindness simply because they find it difficult to imagine a society in which we see race and racial differences yet consistently act in a positive, constructive way.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander