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.
  • That’s lofty praise, to be sure.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Growth may not stop at that lofty rate.
    — Danny Bakst, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Growth may not stop at that lofty rate.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
  • This may sound a little bit lofty.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Frankenstein is a lofty and beloved text!
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Marchand still has lofty goals.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Even in more normal times, this would be a lofty goal.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Young calmed himself enough to live up to the lofty billing.
    — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Brady is off to a slow start this season by his lofty standards.
    — David K. Li, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Don’t listen to naysayers who tell you that your dreams are too lofty.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Palin also just had more room to fall, starting at such lofty heights.
    — Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Its knit is as thick as chainmail yet as light and lofty as down feathers.
    — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Seixas’s lofty hopes fit with that prediction.
    — Andy McGrath, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Malinin came with a lofty goal.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • For lofty muffins, start in a hot oven, then drop the temp to finish baking.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2025
  • That’s a lofty placement for a cut that’s been available for more than a year.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • If Monday serves as a guide, the ceiling is lofty.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The lofty goal now is to just avoid a losing record, which would be their eighth in the past nine years.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Sep. 2025
  • For 2025, the goals get loftier.
    — Sam Brief, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Mahomes has also failed to reach his lofty standards this year.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 14 Dec. 2025
  • First, Jaskiewicz has lofty goals for herself and the team.
    — Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2026
  • For all his lofty status, Byron tends to look askance rather than down.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • So, the logic of the pick at the lofty spot it was made is questionable.
    — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Do the whiskies live up to those lofty aspirations?
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The goal is lofty, the peanut butter is chunky, and adventures await.
    — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 27 Oct. 2024
  • But where that funding source from the state might come from remains a lofty unknown.
    — John Sharp | , al, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Writing prose and books seemed like a loftier calling.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The temptation to laugh is, at times, the mark and the power of his lofty art.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 July 2022

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