How To Use Lofty In A Sentence

The first, built by Solomon (1012 B.C.) appears from the Biblical description [6] to have combined Egyptian conceptions (successive courts, lofty entrance-pylons, the Sanctuary and the sekos or “Holy of Holies”) with A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised
It was a responsible situation he felt for a boy of thirteen, and he meant to do his very best to keep it now that he had been lucky enough to get it; in the far-off future, too, he saw himself no longer the van-boy, but in the proud position now occupied by Joshua as driver, and this he considered, though a lofty, was by no means an unreasonable ambition. Our Frank and other stories
From sandy beaches to lofty mountain tops, rolling dales to bustling cities, we've got the lot.
Lofty numbers bedazzle authorizers and lure fat checks from foundations and trustees. The Saint (and Scourge) of Schools «
She would have liked to be of service to the weeds vegetating beside the paths, to slay herself there so that from her flesh some huge greenery might spring, lofty and sapful, laden with birds at May-time, and passionately caressed by the sun. La faute de l'Abbe Mouret

From his lofty perch, hanging over the slopes of Kilimanjaro under a parasail with razor sharp rocks below, Judge Bryan Pope gives this DVD a thumbs up.
He knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme.
He stayed at the ISH, from whose lofty heights he could see across New York.
It was one of those lofty dreams I had, so now I cannae believe I'm here, hen.
Alfred Nobel, by the expression of his lofty ideals, has recognized the importance of science and creative accomplishments in augmenting human happiness. George R. Minot - Banquet Speech
Sarah Sallee, the strawberry-blond daughter of Mrs. Phelps, the sixth grade teacher at Garrett Elementary, was a lofty and unattained love of mine. The Impossible Division by Zero
He now occupies the lofty position of Editor Emeritus at the Irish Times, an honorific title given to him for loyal, distinguished service, dedication beyond the call, etc.
Enter through the glazed double doors into a lofty beamed sitting room. Times, Sunday Times
If, however, we include in the term morality the transitory display of certain qualities such as abnegation, self-sacrifice, disinterestedness, devotion, and the need of equity, we may say, on the contrary, that crowds may exhibit at times a very lofty morality. The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind
In like manner the commander of Fort Casimir, when he found his martial spirit waxing too hot within him, would sally forth into the fields and lay about him most lustily with his sabre; decapitating cabbages by platoons; hewing down lofty sunflowers, which he termed gigantic Swedes; and if, perchance, he espied a colony of big-bellied pumpkins quietly basking in the sun, "Ah! caitiff Yankees!" would he roar, "have I caught ye at last? Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete
Where are such lofty sentiments when others sail in Chinese jurisdictional waters? At Sea With China
The crowd of periwigged heads at the windows — the swearing chairmen round the steps (the blazoned and coronalled panels of whose vehicles denote the lofty rank of their owners), — the throng of embroidered beaux entering or departing, and rendering the air fragrant with the odors of pulvillio and pomander, proclaim the celebrated resort of Burlesques
Her mum has set some lofty standards and it must be a daunting prospect following in her footsteps. The Sun
Her mum has set some lofty standards and it must be a daunting prospect following in her footsteps. The Sun
The space race is a high and lofty goal worthy of pursuit. Times, Sunday Times
Mr Fu wants to expand his business with the lofty ambition of competing with the industry leader, Rosetta Stone.
The bow is long, and curves into a lofty stem, like that of a Roman galley, finished with a beak head, to secure the forestay of the mast. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan
From our lofty vantage point, we could see the city spread out below us.
You get no assistance from robes, choirs, lofty pulpits and religious furniture designed to give you status.
Not for them the lofty ideals of cultural exchange and global understanding. Times, Sunday Times
For the moment, lofty ideals make for good business. Times, Sunday Times
The mountains were covered with good bunch-grass, (_festuca_;) the water of the streams was cold and pure; their bottoms were handsomely wooded with various kinds of trees; and huge and lofty picturesque precipices where the river cut through the mountain. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources
Thus do liberals or progressives or whatever we're supposed to be calling ourselves live up to our reputation for using lofty, smug, self-referential and exclusionist language rather than speaking in real, concrete terms. We Need People Who Ride Bikes, Not Cyclists « PubliCola
It is among a clutch of the men, striking postures of lofty, measured, keyboard generals that there is a doolally atmosphere. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
DESPITE its lofty ideals, Davos is a phenomenal money maker. Times, Sunday Times
But today he's not thinking lofty intellectual thoughts. Times, Sunday Times
She recognized in herself his pride, his dauntlessness, his lofty anger, his secretive withdrawals. PEARL BUCK IN CHINA
You get no assistance from robes, choirs, lofty pulpits and religious furniture designed to give you status.
So, too, will the grand manner and lofty style. Times, Sunday Times
To the right of the entry, a preconcert foyer, the BP Hall, rises to lofty heights surrounded by Douglas fir walls eventuating in a skylight that reveals the steel armature holding up the stainless-steel facades.
Suppose a man of great birth and fortune, who in his youth had been an enthusiastic friend of Lord Byron and a jocund companion of George IV.; who had in him an immense degree of lofty romantic sentiment with an equal degree of well-bred worldly cynicism, but who, on account of that admixture, which is so rare, kept The Parisians — Complete
He wrote once that we ought to stop the ridiculous pretense of calling these toplofty politicians our ‘leaders’; they are in fact our rulers.
For the time being, Godolphin can only dream of such lofty heights. Times, Sunday Times
I think he sees his cause with the eyes of love, and such lofty ambitions are mostly wishful thinking. Times, Sunday Times
The change effected in the apse was the most noticeable; not only were the two upper tiers of Norman windows replaced by Decorated ones of larger size, but the three lowest ones in the centre were altogether removed, and their place taken by lofty archways, when the new building was built. The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See
Such information did he gather, over many bottles of beer, that the next afternoon, hiring a small launch at a cost of ten shillings, he journeyed up the harbour to Jackson Bay, where lay the lofty - poled, sweet-lined, three-topmast American schooner, the Mary CHAPTER IX
Generation after generation of Americans has understood the lofty ideals that underlie our great Republic.
The voyage for me is almost over: I am in sight of port: like a good shipman, I have already sent down the lofty spars and housed the captious canvas in preparation for the long anchorage: I have little now to fear. Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions
If, however, we include in the term morality the transitory display of certain qualities such as abnegation, self-sacrifice, disinterestedness, devotion, and the need of equity, we may say, on the contrary, that crowds may exhibit at times a very lofty morality. The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind
From all this they deduced a lofty theory which embraces all mankind, and all that portion of creation which may be animalized. The physiology of taste; or Transcendental gastronomy. Illustrated by anecdotes of distinguished artists and statesmen of both continents by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Translated from the last Paris edition by Fayette Robinson.
The chapel was lofty, cramped and stonily cold, but its austerity had been tempered a little by draping the walls with thick woollen hangings, and curtaining the inner side of the door. A River So Long
On the one hand it proclaims lofty ideals, and on the other it prevents disclosure.
Shrugging these lofty analogies a bunch of students compared the roof to an inverted computer.
Although there are lofty goals and a variety of future plans, some faculty members believe it will not be enough to create equal gender representation at top posts in the near future.
Erik Jacobs for The Wall Street Journal O Ya I picked one of the set menus and began with an appetizer that makes a toplofty nod to American grassroots: veal sweetbreads with whole-wheat waffle, smoked maple syrup and citrus quark. Boston Goes Way Beyond Cod
If the "Children's Houses" were to succeed in enlightening the people on such truths, they would be accomplishing a very lofty hygienic work for the new generations. The Montessori Method
Molokai -- "_Molokai ahina_," the "grey," lofty, and most desolate island -- along all its northern side plunges a front of precipice into a sea of unusual profundity. Father Damien, an Open Letter to the Reverend Dr. Hyde of Honolulu
From the lofty heights of French philosophy, to be engaged in politics is more important than to be right. Times, Sunday Times
Failure to reach lofty heights can be forgiven. Times, Sunday Times
And the very first person she saw — of course! — was the Duke of Bewcastle, looking dark and elegant and toplofty as he stood at the opposite side of the room conversing with a handsome raven-haired lady who was seated and sipping from a glass of wine. Slightly Dangerous
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In firm and lofty character, pain is mastered; in a character so little endowed with cool tenacious strength as Rousseau's, pain such as he endured was enough to account, not for his unsociality, which flowed from temperament, but for the bitter, irritable, and suspicious form which this unsociality now first assumed. Rousseau
Mount Parnassus, covered the greater part of the year with snow, with its sacred cave, and its Castalian fount gushing forth between two of its lofty rocks. Mosaics of Grecian History
They are not second-tier officials, but strait-laced Party servants previously entrusted with lofty responsibilities. Yoani Sanchez: Card-Carrying Communist Green Collar Criminals: Planning for Their Futures as Capitalists
It prescribed a lofty ideal for the state: the ruler was to be a father to his people and look after their basic needs.
Unfortunately, despite our lofty plans and the decent quality of the zines, we only put out two issues.
But you are doing it in your own inimitable fashion by growing colder and more toplofty rather than more heated like the rest of us lesser mortals. Slightly Dangerous
That evening, at the Villa Aioussa, there gathered a courtly assembly, of much higher rank than Algiers can commonly afford, because many of station as lofty as her own had been drawn thither to follow her to what the Princesse Corona called her banishment -- an endurable banishment enough under those azure skies, in that clear, elastic air, and with that charming "bonbonniere" in which to dwell, yet still a banishment to the reigning beauty of Paris, to one who had the habits and the commands of a wholly undisputed sovereignty in the royal splendor of her womanhood. Under Two Flags
How absurd such horror, such squalor, seemed from this lofty height! Anti-Ice
But can lofty idealism actually worsen the suffering of those whom activists wish to protect? The Times Literary Supplement
This mountain is lofty.
tuque", or "toque", which in English-English suggests the lofty headgear worn by Queen Mary but is actually a little woolly hat. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
It's great to have such lofty goals, girl, but it'll take some extra oomph.
Thou knowest with what joy I roamed over thy confines, and beheld the universal beauty that then was spread around; how tenderly I whispered through thy flowers, how joyfully I carried up their fragrant odours as a thank-offering to heaven; how merrily I sported on the hills, or taught the branches of thy lofty trees to bow, as in obeisance to Him who made them! Parables From Nature
In the nomenklatura system, officials at this level expect to move into a similarly lofty and responsible position, such as ambassador or minister at the federal level.
However, considerable friction arose from the beginning between lofty republican ideals and the lure of distant lands.
Now, don't come all over toplofty on me!" the captain remonstrated. Tran Siberian
The altar in its entirety constituted the true tabernacle of the Most High, who assuredly could not dwell sub divo without a special roof of his own under the lofty vaulting of the naos. (p. 163) An Irish Ciborium and the Ciborium Generally
The Berkeley Court Hotel's opulent ballroom with its lofty ceiling, tall mirrors and huge chandeliers offers the perfect backdrop for a glamorous night.
A lofty ambition, a rarefied crowd. Times, Sunday Times
All these ideologies although they reflected in fact the sentiment directly due to social antitheses, that is to say, the real class struggles, with a lofty sense of justice and a profound devotion to an ideal, nevertheless all reveal ignorance of the true causes against which they hurled themselves by a an act of revolt spontaneous and often heroic. Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History
However, lofty doctors who show no warmth, compassion or concern are becoming rare.
It was a bank that started out with grand ideas and lofty ideals.
The view from the lofty driver's seat is still the most commanding you'll get this side of a tank turret. Times, Sunday Times
The Englishman held a lofty finger in the air, and his flocculent hair blew upright in the sea breeze, giving him the look of an unfashionable popinjay.
Let's just say that, from my Masa perspective on things fishy, without being too toplofty about it, the Sushisamba lunch for roughly half the price of my lunch at Bar Masa, was perfect for a day when my spirit wasn't ready for an encounter with soul-riveting perfection. The Sashimi Challenge
One side of this square was entirely occupied by an enormous, lofty, and handsome building, the central portion of which was surmounted by an immense dome, covered with plates of gold, arranged in tiers or bands of different shapes among which that of the lozenge was the most conspicuous, while each corner of the building was crowned with In Search of El Dorado
While these wild but ingenious speculators conducted the career of that philosophy called the Ionian, to the later time of the serene and lofty spiritualism of Anaxagoras, two new schools arose, both founded by Ionians, but distinguished by separate names -- the Eleatic and the Italic. Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete
He is not a man for lofty speeches; faced by cameras, he routinely flubs his sentences.
Over the years he admits he has at times strayed from that lofty ideal.
An authorial demeanour indicative of lofty, uncompromising cerebration casts an oppressive shadow over all the essays. Times, Sunday Times
Some will smirk at such lofty aspirations, calling them silly, if not impossible.
A luau is a Hawaiian assembly of derivation and friends to enjoy lofty food, company and times. Article directories Celibataire Urbaine
Crafted from the Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle grapes, these dessert wines deserve their lofty status among the world's greatest dessert wines.
He legitimated the cultivation of lyrical tropes, as the poet used them to enrich what is otherwise a lofty epic poem on the First Crusade.
The whole idea of a ‘soap opera’ suggests an overt incongruity between the daily mundaneness of the narrative and the lofty form it takes.
Having sent in his card, he waited a long while in that lofty purlieu. The Silver Spoon
I pictured the huge flightless bird with a lofty, slender neck and beady eyes.
Giant yellow-poplars are remarkable for their lofty heights and barely tapering columnar shapes.
Art is the expression of ideas - some of them very foresighted - of lofty ideals, of political insights, and of deepfelt emotions. Times, Sunday Times
Between these two lofty and dreaded mountains, there is a deep valley, or rather a succession of deep valleys, for the occurrence at short spaces of low hills breaks the continuousness of that with which the space between those mountains commences. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3)
Promising the would-be poet a freedom from formal constraints, the irregular ode, with its lofty manner, prosodic liberty, and intensity of feeling, attracted many writers, most of whom were not equipped for its demands.
Similar scenarios are expected to play out this year, especially with commercial borrowers who, like homeowners that took out huge second mortgages, used lofty valuations to overleverage their real estate. Goldman's New York Story
The ballroom's lofty wood-panelled ceiling and tall seaward windows evoke another more gracious age.
His features were smoothly regular and extraordinarily placid, as if he surveyed the world from a lofty perch, far removed from any of its foibles and cares.
But that which had interested us most along our line of travel was the trees without a sign of leaves or blossoms, since with us the verdure is perennial; and the sight of shrubs or bushes, or even lofty trees, standing out bare of foliage or flower, struck us very strangely. Hawaii's Story, by Hawaii's Queen
Thirty miles away, the lofty peaks appeared sugar coated under their mantle of winter snow.
I imagined she must have practiced hours at a time perfecting her petite prance in those lofty heels.
As Kant remarked, this is said in a lofty, disdainful tone, full of the presumption of wanting to reform reason by experience.
A Gothic castle almost takes on the role of a central character: 'The lofty battlements, thickly enwreathed with ivy, were half demolished, and become the residence of birds of prey. Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823)
Why was someone so blessed with perfection of body and mind unable to find suitable aid, which befitted someone of her lofty station?
Beside the playhouse was the "house in earnest," which has become a "belilaced cellar hole," and, behind it, a brook "Too lofty and original to rage. 'Hard to Understand, but Easy to Love'
They were not his kind of people, the bluff tweedy graziers, the lofty matrons, the toothy, horsy young women, the cream of what the Bulletin called “the squattocracy.” The Thorn Birds
The precipitous banks of red sandstone are richly clothed with vegetation, some of the trees ancient and very fine, especially the magnificent one called the capon tree, and the lofty king of the wood, remnants of the fine forests which at one time had covered the country. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville
Composed of men and women actuated by lofty purpose and unafraid to die, the Fighting Groups exercised tremendous influence and tempered the savage brutality of the rulers. Chapter 16: The End
At the top there was a slight sprinkling of snow, and clouds hung over the lofty Ortler group of peaks. Revenge!
Other blue sky thinkers in Palo Alto have similarly lofty ambitions. Times, Sunday Times
Many other lofty peaks remain unmapped let alone explored.
On no account is he an aloof, lofty person, but instead he eats and drinks with the Minjung, sometimes asking favours from them or vice versa, granting their requests.
Dried salmon and other fish also adorned others, pleasingly hinting of the general honesty and mutual confidence of the humble natives, poor as they were, for strangers were never thought of; the road, such as it was, merely mounting up to "the hill" (the lofty desert of sheepwalk) on one hand, and descending steeply to the river Tivy on the other. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845
Here in Edinburgh they are seething with jealousy, but adopting a veneer of lofty disdain. Times, Sunday Times
But how lofty and airy the galleries appear. Times, Sunday Times
Each requires of the practitioner a certain shutting of the eyes, a certain dapperness and compliance, an acceptance of customs, a sequestration from the sentiments of generosity and love, a compromise of private opinion and lofty integrity .... Emerson and Other Essays
This was toplofty thinking, but then tall thistles are apt to think tall thought.
We entered this pavilion, and found in it a wide, open space, like a wide, large court, around which were many lofty doors, and at its upper end was a high and great mastabah. Nights 537-566. The Third Voyage of Es-Sindibad of the Sea.
What may seem perfectly good driving conditions seen from the lofty cab of a lorry can appear very different to a car driver, enveloped in spray. Times, Sunday Times
Of Tydeus next the lofty praise I will express in brief; no brilliant spokesman he, but a clever craftsman in the art of war, with many a shrewd device; inferior in judgment to his brother Meleager, yet through his warrior skill lending his name to equal praise, for he had found in arms a perfect science; his was an ambitious nature, a spirit rich in store of deeds, with words less fully dowered. The Suppliants
Gibson's film seems to have less lofty ambitions.
There is also another small stream, and there is an abundance of mill seats with considerable tracts of alluvion; though the general character is hilly with pretty lofty ridges. Living in Dryden: July 2004 Archives
South-west, the long spurs of Molli and Catsuperri, each crowned with convents or temples, descended from Singalelah; and parallel to them on the south; but much longer and more lofty, was the great mountain range north of the Kulbait, with the temples and convents of Pemiongchi, and Changachelling, towering in the air. Himalayan Journals — Complete
Bill Nighy in such lofty roles, after seeing him girate and gurn "sexily" through Obsessed With Film
He has a lofty position in the firm.
I will not hear of any lofty titles as long as I stay on this island!
France's top chefs used to dismiss the fast-food industry as an pariah in the world of gastronomy and an insult to their lofty ideals. Times, Sunday Times
It is nearly all rugged and heathery, with ranges of hills rising steeply from the lakes, especially from the shores of Lough Mask on one side, and from the shores of the Atlantic Ocean on the other, forming many lofty peaks with long-drawn valleys where the streams rushing down widen into deep and fishful lakes, which, especially in Connemara, attract fishermen from all parts of the United Kingdom. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner
Blue was born in valley, no place, no bright bright color and fragrance, can express not seek to make oneself known, lived in seclusion in the Holy Spirit alone lofty sentiment.
The youth of our country have lofty ideals.
The awkward driving position feels lofty and imperious.
Why should this most great and lofty Cause -- the daystar of the firmament of true civilization and the cause of the glory, the advancement, the well-being and the success of all humanity -- be regarded as impossible of achievement? Brent Poirier: Celebration of the Birth of the Bab: Dawn of the Age of the Maturity of Humanity
When I had traversed the “Hall of the Gods,” we came to a lofty two-leaved gate of brass, which stood between two sculptured propyla of Libyan stone. The pillar of fire, or, Israel in bondage
And he discovered that whizzkids in IT may be brainboxes when it comes to mastering the microchip, but too many are locked in a world of jargon seemingly too lofty for ordinary mortals to understand.
The Cathedrall or minster is Large, Lofty and very neate, the Quire pretty. Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary
I hoped that lofty ambition alone might sneak me through to the finals.
He has a lofty position in the firm.
In the dictionary its meaning is given as lofty, elevated by joy, exalted in character; awakening or expressing an uplifting emotion, producing a sense of elevated beauty, nobility, grandeur, solemnity or awe.
When Khálid bin Abdallah al-Kasri218 was Emir of Bassorah, there came to him one day a company of men dragging a youth of exceeding beauty and lofty bearing and perfumed attire; whose aspect expressed good breeding, abundant wit and dignity of the gravest. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
-- The logwood of commerce is the red heart wood, or duramen, of a fine lofty growing tree (_Haematroxylon Campechianum_), growing in Campeachy and the bay of Honduras, and which is also now common in the woods of Jamaica and St. Domingo. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, o
San Francisco, Calif. Those who occupy the lofty elevations of Russian Hill, Pacific Heights and Presidio Heights would surely agree that San Francisco should be high on the desirability list.
Barely anyone valued the river, preferring instead to live at lofty heights that kissed the clouds, so I had been able to rent a small apartment overlooking the Effenlie.
Not for them the lofty ideals of cultural exchange and global understanding. Times, Sunday Times
All those lofty ideals and principled declarations had led to unprecedented carnage in the trenches.
A policeman, under orders from his captain, clambered to the lofty seat of the coal wagon to arrest the driver. SOUTH OF THE SLOT
The lofty 'You Are Love' was beyond his ear, the calescent 'Fascinating Rhythm' beyond his beat. A Kick Out of Cole
Backing out into mid-stream brought them near an anchored steamer lately razeed and now being fitted for a cloud of canvas on three lofty masts instead of the two small sticks she had been content with while she brought plantains, guava jelly, coffee, and cigars from Havana. Kincaid's Battery
The GGA failed to live up to its lofty and noble ideals due largely to the self-serving nature of some of its less progressive members.
We are told by one of them that “she had upbuilt with strenuous pains a resolute virtue,” conquering many faults, and gaining a lofty nobleness of spirit. George Eliot; A Critical Study of Her Life, Writings and Philosophy
One group of plants that stands out conspicuously are those lofty and lanky woody perennials, the trees and shrubs.
A colonnaded lobby and lofty, stuccoed ceilings give the hotel a yesteryear feel, as if to remind guests that the building has been hosting thermal bathers since the late 1800s. Where Health Springs Eternal
These are games Portsmouth should be winning but it was a display to keep their lofty ambitions firmly in check. The Sun
And do you want an intimate room, modest in size, or a grand space with a lofty ceiling and broad expanse of floor?
There are fine orangeries, and lofty covered arbours in different parts of the garden, capable of containing a thousand people. Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791
The love of it clung to him to the last moments of his life; but tho he felt that last infirmity of noble minds, never did there breathe a human being who had a more lofty disdain for the shallow and treacherous popularity which is to be courted by subserviency, and purchased at the expense of principle and duty. On Catholic Relief
What lofty habits would you indulge in if you were a duke or a duchess? Times, Sunday Times
White clouds cling to lofty mountain peaks, which rise vertically from out of glacial basins, stretching all the way back to the Southern Alps.
Thanks to some lofty acquisitions and failed ventures, it had become a poster child for Internet overambition. Periscope
As I thought of all these things, them lofty towers riz up like gigantick skeleton fingers outstretched mockin'ly. Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands
It is far more likely that Italy's best hopes of a creditable performance will revolve around a lofty effort at the lineout. Times, Sunday Times
LADY DAINAGON is very small and refined, white, beautiful, and round, though in demeanour very lofty. Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan
He stayed at the ISH, from whose lofty heights he could see across New York.
Expectation levels may be lofty for the top billers such as Holmes but what irks is the fact that while the pressure is piled on in equal measure regardless of sex, the main focus remains on the men.
Its ruined castle, dating from the end of the fourteenth century, with its lofty octagonal donjon, nearly a hundred feet high, standing on a high "motte" or artificial mound, has a most imposing appearance. Brittany & Its Byways
When I allowed him to go on a little before, on account of the narrowness of the way, I observed that he carried his head with a lofty air that was particularly unpromising; and my mind misgave me that he had found out about my darling Dora. David Copperfield
Finally, she says human rights lawyers must come down from their lofty perches.
Neither of those lofty attributes encompassed the desperate desire to win the support of tabloid newspapers.
The printer who sticks to a standard is usually supposed to be arbitrary, autocratic, wilful, conceited, and generally toplofty.
What makes a man great and freed of soul, here or anywhither, is loyalty to the laws of right, of truth, of purity, of love, and the lofty will of The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry
Astonished Europe rings with the mystery for ten months; sees only lie unfold itself from lie; corruption among the lofty and the low, gulosity, credulity, imbecility, strength nowhere but in the hunger. The French Revolution
The changes began slowly, when art galleries priced out of SoHo eyed the lofty, low-rent spaces further west.
Conwy's atmospheric cluster of lofty towers and town walls, 700 years on, still stamp their authority on the landscape.
Henry's own, lofty response, more in sorrow than in anger, was to deplore the muckraking of his opponents.
To accomplish that lofty goal, Fulham must finish among the top five clubs in the much more competitive league.
Given that organisation's lofty disdain for those of us working in the popular press, it is also very tempting to do so.
Enter through the glazed double doors into a lofty beamed sitting room. Times, Sunday Times
But this lofty and detached comment misses the central issues of comparison and equality in penal treatment.
These hollows detained the concentrations of the denudated alluvium from the altitudes, and were generally closely beneath the surface, and by such guidance and means of discovery the miners traced the gold up the ravines to their sources in the lofty mounds and deposits, or hills of cemented conglomerate, near Eureka in Nevada county; and by constructing canals from a higher level began the new system of "hydraulic mining" and washing, and gradually extended their operations over the area of the metallic zone mentioned, of 40 miles long by 20 wide, using the Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884
The first is relatively manageable: Lower the flag on American universalism - not to half-mast, but not as toplofty as it has been flying since the end of the Second World War.
Seeing those lofty settlements atop the sheer rocks fires the imagination.
To be sure, when I first knew her, she had rather a high and mighty way with her, at which some people took offence, calling her proud and disdainful; but those whom she wished to please never failed to like her; and I used to observe she seldom put on any of her lofty airs when she spoke to unpresuming people, especially if they were poor or in humble circumstances. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics
Some lofty mountains were seen, partially covered with snow, and inferior in height to Mount Egmont. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries
Let us hope Spurs' lofty ambitions are not about to disappear in a similarly disgruntled fashion. The Sun
It's a lofty ambition but much stranger things have happened at this magical time of year. The Sun
That would not please a toplofty clan of Prussian Junkers with an Italian aristocrat thrown in the mix! Naked Cruelty
The room was light and lofty compared with our Tudor ones.
It was an exquisite room, possibly thirty-five by sixty and rising to a lofty trussed ceiling where a warm golden light was diffused from a skylight of yellow glass. CHAPTER XV
He had read widely and variously in Darwin, Spencer, Mill, Muller, and Taine; he had, in short, scaled the "lofty mountains" that had so hemmed in his early view, and made his way into the intellectual kingdoms of the modern world that lay beyond. Bjornstjerne Bjornson
I, however, would like to bring his lofty discussion of the impact of new technology on our lives down to the muckier level of human dysfunction. Dr. Jim Taylor: Is Technology Making Us Idiots?
But when seen in the narrow precincts of a temple court, from whose floor they shot up into the blue sky overhead, surrounded by great columns and lofty gates, breaking the monotony of the heavy masses of masonry of which the Egyptian temples were composed, and acting the part which campanili and spires perform in modern churches, a standard of comparison was thus furnished which greatly enhanced their magnitude. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood
This is termed inlaying, and is a very lofty department in the art of binding. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author
Let us hope Spurs' lofty ambitions are not about to disappear in a similarly disgruntled fashion. The Sun
I have the distinct advantage of following someone who set lofty and ambitious goals and achieved them.
They found that they belong on this stage, three weeks after they were deemed unworthy of such lofty company. Times, Sunday Times
The Aristocrat's esthetic consciousness is one kind of esthetic pursue, like self-conscious, reflect society's lofty esthetic interest. It also clearly preferment the literature's surmounting side.
It's a lofty ideal and one which will probably remain in the ivory tower of newspaper journalism, but I would add one caveat.
The cottage, rebuilt in 1997 in line with the description in the poems, reminds visitors of Du's simple life and lofty ideals.
I say nothing of those lofty and divine Platonic doctrina, that are familiar to but few of the elect and wholly unknown to all the uninitiate, such for instance as that which teaches us that Venus is not one goddess, but two, each being strong in her own type of love and several types of lovers. The Defense

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