toplofty

Example Sentences

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Reading the toplofty Mr. Grantham, one can almost hear the voice of Shakespeare’s Puck—“What fools these mortals be.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

This settled quality makes Trilling’s letters a bit toplofty and dull.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2018

But until Big Steel broke its toplofty silence, no one was willing to gamble on the prospects of Geneva doing the job.

From Time Magazine Archive

A ten-record set, beautiful and exacting and a touch toplofty by turns, stunningly pack aged to grace the coffee table while the records do their duty on the turntable.

From Time Magazine Archive

You were too toplofty with her as it was.

From The Street Called Straight by Lowell, Orson