How to Use lofty in a Sentence

lofty

adjective
  • He set lofty goals for himself as a teacher.
  • She showed a lofty disregard for their objections.
  • And for the loftiest goal — a spot inside the top of the six spots in the West — the Lakers need to win.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
  • If this sounds like some lofty lore-snore, well, have faith.
    Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 30 Apr. 2024
  • How those lofty and costly goals will be reached, the GWSA doesn’t say.
    Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Funding the lofty goal is the current focus—enter the gala.
    Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Some people may laugh at that, but our goals are lofty.
    Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 2 Sep. 2023
  • But Kennedy will most likely not reach those lofty heights.
    Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The Impressionists had lofty, airy dreams of a new art, not just a new style.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 15 Aug. 2024
  • With the record now under his belt, does Judge have just as lofty goals this season?
    Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2023
  • For all his lofty status, Byron tends to look askance rather than down.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • But wasn’t the United States born of more lofty stuff, of a quest for justice and celebration of the march of the mind?
    Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2024
  • But where that funding source from the state might come from remains a lofty unknown.
    John Sharp | , al, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Sure enough, these lofty goals have been difficult to meet.
    Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 July 2024
  • Palin also just had more room to fall, starting at such lofty heights.
    Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Even by Brecksville’s lofty standards, the Bees have a stellar senior class.
    cleveland, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Adding Harden isn't going to vault Houston to the lofty heights his biggest fans still dream of.
    Michael Shapiro, Chron, 24 May 2023
  • During the discussion, Musk and staffers of his new startup spoke in lofty terms about the mission of xAI.
    Sarah McBride, Fortune, 15 July 2023
  • The losses by Chase, Morrissey and their colleagues will add to the already lofty turnover.
    Sarah Rankin, ajc, 21 June 2023
  • Their usage correlates to the path of a newcomer to this lofty sphere: Start from the outside and work your way in.
    Ligaya Mishan Kyoko Hamada, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Today, the company has the lofty goal of putting a pair of SCC socks on the feet of every American.
    Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Off the entrance is seating in dusty rose and mustard yellow, as well as a lofty view of the handsome green-tiled bar.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The snuggly puffer coat is lofty and ultra plush, and the outer material feels so soft to the touch.
    Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
  • But the research’s lofty goals did at times leave him wondering how the work might be put to broader long-term use.
    Drew Harwell, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • And these early episodes already put us at the loftiest of levels.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The Ice House reopens in Pasadena with laughs, lofty goals and Lakers magic.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Still, not bad for a former seventh-round draft pick of San Jose who wasn’t thinking about lofty numbers at the time.
    Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Still, in the short term, making an industry-wide switch to a new type of fuel remains a lofty goal.
    Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 22 May 2024
  • But the lofty expectations for 2024 would not exist without a recruiting class for the ages.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2024
  • High interest rates and lofty car prices have made monthly vehicle payments soar for Americans.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024

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