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
• The goal is lofty, the peanut butter is chunky, and adventures await.
  — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 27 Oct. 2024
• 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
• Its knit is as thick as chainmail yet as light and lofty as down feathers.
  — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2022
• 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
• The state has not met its lofty estimates of returns from Calpers.
  — Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 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
• Now, the question is whether the deal’s lofty targets will be realized.
  — Catrin Einhorn, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Dec. 2022
• 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
• Such lofty preseason expectations are rare for a Minnesota sports team.
  — Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024