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lofty

(= eminent, soaring, towering) of imposing height; especially standing out above others an eminent peak lofty mountains the soaring spires of the cathedral towering icebergs (= exalted, elevated, grand, high-flown) of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style an exalted ideal argue in terms of high-flown ideals — Oliver Franks a noble and lofty concept a grand purpose (= gallant, majestic, proud) having or displaying great dignity or nobility a gallant pageant lofty ships majestic cities proud alpine peaks

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That's to me like a flower on lofty heights.
The world loves to blacken the radiant and to pull the lofty into the dust.
This mountain isn't a lofty one.

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And from his lofty vantage point of deck, the skipper saw a lengthy procession approach his skip.
The abbey always reminds me of that old toast. about lofty timbers.
It was very gracious of you to elevate me to that lofty station and I hope Your Highness won't be too insulted but I have definitely made up my mind to remove the crest from my stationery my lingerie, and my life.
O Man, how lofty is your calling!
Such ideals, such a lofty point of view.
And I detest him intimately from his lofty brain to the soles of his virtuous feet!
You know, I don't mind your being such a lofty person at all. I think it's ever so interesting.
Behold the threaden sails, borne with the invisible and creeping wind, draw the huge vessels through the furrowed seas, breasting the lofty surge.
I have heard the cock, that is the herald to the morn, doth, with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat, awake the god of day.
What's your lofty mission in life that lets you sneer at my humble profession?
Someone lofty and far above us all.
You mean, lofty star with humble player?
You wouldn't mind working once in a while to justify this lofty position, would you?
Lords, you see what a lofty task awaits me.
That is quite a lofty name.
And I spoke to him insolently with my lofty pretentiousness and stupidity.
If you could read his letters. Such ideals, such a lofty point of view.
To the South there is the ominous lofty mountain, in the North there are endless high plains.
It's all very lofty, all very noble and all very unscrupulous.
Lofty precipice from which mine honour falls!
What's your lofty mission in life.. thatletsyousneer at my humble profession?
You wouldn't mind working just once in a while. just to justify this lofty position, would you?
I knew I could count on you for some lofty clinical observations.
You, John Johnson, are one who has now reached the lofty height that crowns a mountain range and sees below a broad plain, one of those broad plains that seems to stretch endlessly, as life itself.
Moreover, whatever the opposition that I shall be forced to express about the federation proposal, and especially about the customs union. I shall never call in question the lofty sentiments enthusiastically expressed by the prime minister.
You are great, Lofty.
What is a man but that lofty spirit, that sense of enterprise, that devotion to something that cannot be sensed, cannot be realised, but only dreamed?
You already had that lofty look then.
None knows whence creation arose or whether He has or has not made it He who surveys it from the lofty skies.
Lofty words. - It's the truth.

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But no amount of lofty rhetoric can substitute for the reforms outlined here - or obviate the need for them.
The ideals he expressed are lofty; he himself fell short of them on more than one occasion.
But, by and large, the men and women of the US military believe in these ideals and do their best to live up to them, just as US citizens generally believe in their Constitution's lofty words and seek to correct their national shortcomings.
The longer energy prices remain at their current lofty levels, the greater the probability that inflationary expectations will increase and that second-round effects will materialize.
Such a practical, effective EU may not reach the lofty rhetorical aspirations beloved by politicians, but it will not be moribund.
But as long as that remains a lofty idea without political substance, our leaders will feel that they must give some degree of priority to the interests of their own citizens.
But it will do virtually no good, at high cost, and - as with many other lofty promises from the EU - it will carry a high probability of failure.
Unfortunately, their lofty rhetoric often rings hollow.
The question is whether political leaders are ready to back their lofty pronouncements with decisive action.
The Argentine football star nearly rose to that lofty pedestal.
All state visits are overloaded with lofty, superfluous rhetoric.
Yet in Pakistan, the United States, and other countries where lawyers have helped to lead fights for human rights and the rule of law, lofty ideals cloak an equally important set of interests.
This is far better than setting lofty goals for the distant future while giving little reason to think that they would be met.
The West's lofty and self-serving rhetoric has not helped to end Syria's conflict; it may even have made the situation more dangerous.
For all of the Obama administration's lofty rhetoric, his fiscal-policy proposals make no serious attempt to address these problems.
In Egypt, Mubarak turned his back on the lofty rhetoric of Gamal Abdel-Nasser's revolution and its grand strategic designs.
The new SDGs set a lofty goal: for the first time, world leaders have vowed to reduce premature deaths caused by chronic illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.
Each day, hundreds of interpreters literally pay lip service to this lofty precept, and millions of pages are translated annually so that citizens may consult EU law in their own language.
Of course, lofty rhetoric and ambitious intentions will mean little unless Europe's leaders commit to the sustained implementation of concrete initiatives.
As is usual on such occasions, there will be a lot of lofty speeches about Europe.

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