toplofty

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times

One young toplofty gallant set the tone: “Well, think of that! Telemakhos has a mind to murder us. He’s going to lead avengers out of Pylos, or Sparta, maybe; oh, he’s wild to do it. Or else he’ll try the fat land of Ephyra— he can get poison there, and bring it home, doctor the wine jar and dispatch us all.”

From Literature

But Joseph Jefferson, a far more versatile comedian than John Gilbert, was swift to discern merit, and he was wholly free from toplofty condescension toward other forms of the histrionic art than that in which he was himself pre-eminent—perhaps, because in his youth he had often appeared as a burlesque actor, an experience which he gladly admitted to have been very valuable to him.

From Project Gutenberg

Aldous Huxley adopted a toplofty attitude toward his creatures, but he had the intellectual force to transform snobbery into satire.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the toplofty "21" Club, the guide observes, "it is surprising how democratic the cooks and waiters are: no one gets terrific food or service."

From Time Magazine Archive