How to Use idealism in a Sentence

idealism

noun

• At the outset of the TON project, the primer had brimmed over with idealism.
  — Darren Loucaides, Wired, 8 Feb. 2022
• For me, it’s kind of wrapped up in nostalgia, and in the idealism of youth.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 31 July 2022
• And then there is the low-level idealism that runs through the novel.
  — Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 15 May 2021
• The war killed the very idealism that sent the doughboys over there to defend freedom and peace.
  — George Packer, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2022
• For some, though, lagom itself brings out a kind of idealism.
  — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
• The movie has endured more as the obituary for the idealism and much of the foolishness of the Swinging ’60s.
  — Steven Gaydos, Variety, 1 July 2022
• The most successful try to reconcile their idealism with the need to pay the bills.
  — The Economist, 14 July 2018
• What is the trade-off between courage and safety; idealism and caution; hope for change and fear of it?
  — Ben Rhodes, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2024
• Now the question is whether the Olympics can become, again, a symbol of hope and idealism, rather than of greed and delusion.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2020
• In the years that followed, her idealism gave way, replaced by anger.
  — oregonlive, 27 Sep. 2022
• Isabel Archer in The Portrait of a Lady need no longer be the victim of her own idealism.
  — Zadie Smith, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2021
• The brave idealism of the people of Hong Kong is enough to stir the heart of anyone who cherishes freedom.
  — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, 4 Sep. 2019
• The opera works best when hints of defiant idealism are allowed to creep in.
  — New York Times, 20 May 2021
• All of this is true, and the idealism of it is as inspiring as the naivete of it is disquieting.
  — Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2020
• That sounds like the idealism of a vanished era -- but Obama is doubling down on the creed today.
  — CNN, 18 Aug. 2020
• They were grounded in the flux and the muck of the ’70s, the grand descent from idealism, all of which Wertmüller captured with a wistful look back at the world that was gone.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Dec. 2021
• But for that idealism to be viable, there has to be a benefit.
  — Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022
• There’s a sense of idealism and altruism, and wanting to make a difference in the world.
  — Caitlin Gibson, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2019
• Airbnb was a great business idea, and its founders’ idealism still trickles down.
  — Peter Vanham, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2023
• The lyrics are sort of an understated remark about the loss of idealism.
  — Marc Myers, WSJ, 14 July 2021
• He was deeply affected by the idealism and bravery of the students.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 Sep. 2023
• This is a painting about youthful idealism, about hopes and dreams.
  — Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
• The change did not go through, but the effort signaled a retreat from idealism that is re-ordering the world.
  — Karl Vick, Time, 21 June 2018
• Maybe that line was just copied and pasted from an aide’s Word document: Open if in need of idealism.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2023
• Above all, there is the idealism and esprit de corps that sport engenders.
  — Gerard Baker, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020
• The work has a countertenor, who stands for the adult world, more or less, and a children’s chorus, which stands for idealism and righteousness.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 May 2024
• And the energy and the idealism is on the far left, and the money and the practicality is more toward the center.
  — Fox News, 19 July 2018
• David Crosby was a crucial voice of both the hippie idealism and the world-weary realism of the classic-rock era.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023
• Jonestown was one of the many social experiments that came about after the radical 1960s, when the idealism of the era inspired people to try different ways of living.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 17 June 2024
• Our idealism and humanitarianism will lead us to help others and do our best to ensure people flourish.
  — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 24 May 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024