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
  • The first ended on an idealistic high note.
    — Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
  • With these jobs, part-time remote working is no longer a far-off, idealistic dream.
    — Rachel Wells, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Of course, that idealistic picture was just a veneer even then.
    — Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2022
  • What was not sought was an idealistic captain determined to chart a bold new course.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2021
  • This equinox will encourage this idealistic sign to visit new places and learn new things.
    — Bianca London, Glamour, 22 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • Teens can be impatient and idealistic, though that hasn’t always led them to vote.
    — Jerry Large, The Seattle Times, 25 Mar. 2018
  • That film ends with a very idealistic look at relationships and love.
    — Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
  • At the time, this project did not feel naive, idealistic, or radical, let alone seditious.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The best of them are idiosyncratic and idealistic in the extreme.
    — Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
  • 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
  • Thus the bitter characters at mid-life become younger and more idealistic as the show goes along.
    — Richard Natale, Variety, 26 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • One of them seemed somewhat naive and idealistic, Greenwald says.
    — Darren Loucaides, Wired, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Most who start with us are young and idealistic and very interested in the art of cinema.
    — Erich Schwartzel, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • The first trilogy is an idealistic tale.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2026
  • 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
  • But Kornev is young and infused with an idealistic zeal, refusing to let these goons stonewall him.
    — Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The latter was no less idealistic for being a product of the racial paternalism of its day.
    — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Les' idealistic vision is to use this breakthrough for the good of humanity.
    — Sarah Rodman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Jane is a deeply unwell woman, enthralled by the lavish lives of the wealthy and consumed by the idealistic fairy tales of her childhood.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Yet his passion became a rare species of idealistic extremism.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The mostly Jewish young women were dark-haired and thick-browed, hard-working and idealistic.
    — Abigail Rasminsky, Longreads, 8 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • Young, idealistic people who saw Hal as a mentor and would have followed him into any battle.
    — Debora Cahn, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
  • 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

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