lofty
Example Sentences
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Some investors appear to be getting impatient, pointing to Musk’s lofty promises about the rollout.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026
And yet even if this dispute was over lofty principles of judicial supremacy and institutional regard, the court’s later conduct gave the game away.
From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026
From purely an economic perspective, his impact more than justifies his lofty contract.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
This year's string of big releases has sparked hopes that there could be a return to such lofty numbers.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
And a cold and annoyed matron led them to her office and sat them down on one side of her desk, while she ascended to the lofty chair behind it.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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