quixotic

Example Sentences

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And it found him in the person of Yevgeny Prigozhin, one of those quixotic, improbable adventurers who, over the past two centuries, have served as the vanguards of new forms of empire.

From Salon

During his quixotic campaigns against the popular 16-term congresswoman, he frequently faced questions about how he was funding his lifestyle, including high-profile stops at far-right events, while he was largely unemployed.

From Los Angeles Times

"We ultimately decided, this was after three years of trying this, that this was a quixotic exercise because of the contracts."

From Reuters

In their eyes, the liberal quest to conjure political order out of pluralism was quixotic at best and dangerously demented at worst.

From Salon

When Pelto started this quixotic gig, he was just out of college.

From Seattle Times