idealism

Example Sentences

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"With his rigour, his courage and his idealism, he embodied a lofty idea of the Republic," said President Emmanuel Macron.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

If idealism outlives youth, ESG investing will grow significantly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

As Mrie recounts, Syrian democratic idealism curdled over time into infighting and worse.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

The scene that best defines the story’s idealism happens long before Dunk gets clunked in the head or skewered by a lance.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

In the late sixties, civil rights activists might have harnessed the great idealism that the southern movement inspired in Americans.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez