How to Use idealistic in a Sentence

idealistic

adjective

• The film tells the story of an idealistic lawyer in a small town.
  — Liza Foreman, Variety, 5 Dec. 2021
• One side, earnest and idealistic, was willing to pay a steep price to attain its aims.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 19 Dec. 2020
• In the end, the main thing standing in your way right now may be your own overly idealistic view of yourself.
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 26 Jan. 2022
• The Girls on the Bus (premiering March 14 on Max) can, and that accounts for a large part of its idealistic appeal.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
• The White Rose was short-lived and never counted more than a few dozen members, most of whom were young and idealistic.
  — Alan Cowell, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2023
• Again, there’s some kind of idealistic notion that the players naively fell prey to the gamblers who had a scheme.
  — Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, 1 Oct. 2019
• Love across the aisle A young, idealistic Democrat, Ryan Moon assumes his love would have to share all his values.
  — Arlene Martinez, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2020
• The Manson murders have been hailed as epochal: the needle scratch to the 1960s soundtrack of peace, love and mellow vibes that brought the idealistic era to a screeching halt.
  — Stephen Phillips, latimes.com, 12 July 2019
• Of course, that idealistic picture was just a veneer even then.
  — Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2022
• The idealistic Idagio, out of Berlin, is good for newbies and devotees alike.
  — Mark Swed, chicagotribune.com, 3 Sep. 2019
• Scardino wanted the girl group’s only hit to play up how idealistic the young women were back then.
  — Shannon Carlin, Vulture, 13 May 2021
• Google’s quest for new revenue streams has led it to a place where so many of the once-idealistic tech giants seem to have wound up—at the Department of Defense.
  — Brian Merchant, The Atlantic, 29 Dec. 2022
• Thus the bitter characters at mid-life become younger and more idealistic as the show goes along.
  — Richard Natale, Variety, 26 Nov. 2021
• With these jobs, part-time remote working is no longer a far-off, idealistic dream.
  — Rachel Wells, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
• Even idealistic young Sudanese who once risked their lives to protest against Mr. Bashir and, later, the military, have joined in.
  — Declan Walsh Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 5 June 2024
• The film takes a pretty militant stance, but at the same time, there’s a sharp satire of idealistic, naïve Greenpeace-type activists.
  — Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024
• So why the nugget? The idealistic might point out that U.S. farmers raised more than 9 billion chickens a year, much of them in factory farms.
  — Jonathan Kauffman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2019
• This equinox will encourage this idealistic sign to visit new places and learn new things.
  — Bianca London, Glamour, 22 Sep. 2023
• At the time, this project did not feel naive, idealistic, or radical, let alone seditious.
  — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2022
• On both sides, spirits were high as idealistic youngsters signed up for 90 days in their crisp new uniforms.
  — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 15 Feb. 2022
• Leonie Benesch stars an idealistic teacher who tries to uncover a thief within her school and sparks chaos in the process.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Dec. 2023
• What was not sought was an idealistic captain determined to chart a bold new course.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2021
• The scene crawled with idealistic creatives and the gatekeepers with enough money and connections to make dreams come true.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 20 July 2023
• This is not the idealistic son of a housekeeper from Guatemala who accomplished so much in his career.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2022
• The latter was no less idealistic for being a product of the racial paternalism of its day.
  — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 6 Feb. 2024
• Biden leads among those who want a practical nominee, while Sanders has the edge among those who want an idealistic one.
  — CBS News, 15 Dec. 2019
• In the weeks since, the regime has killed hundreds of peaceful protesters, among them many children and idealistic young women.
  — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 29 Oct. 2022
• To be clear, these questions aren’t the idealistic wails of a newcomer to Tolstoy, nor should they be construed as Tolstoy’s own.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 3 May 2023
• Born in 1917, Li was an idealistic young man who joined the throngs of young people devoted to the Chinese Communist Party.
  — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
• Mercury ignores insightful Uranus but adores the idealistic fantasies of Neptune.
  — Jennifer Culp, Them, 25 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024