ivory tower

Example Sentences

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They’re not coming down from the ivory tower like the doctors.

From Los Angeles Times

Is “Homework” about a child who took a remarkably frictionless path, aided by a nation that had invested in civic institutions, from monetary hardship to the ivory tower?

From Los Angeles Times

However, the emphasis is less on any ultimate hookup than on how the distinct pressures of the ivory tower can torment and even destroy its inhabitants.

From Los Angeles Times

The professor in the ivory tower reminds us that words retain meaning.

From Los Angeles Times

“I do not paint inside an ivory tower. I speak of the society around me in my work.”

From BBC