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
• The higher the number the warmer and loftier the covers.
  — Marni Jameson, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
• The higher the number, the warmer and loftier the covers.
  — Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
• The temptation to laugh is, at times, the mark and the power of his lofty art.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 July 2022
• 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
• And such lofty goals may not be healthy choices for you.
  — Lisa Drayer, CNN, 14 Mar. 2022
• Collier ranks last in PER at 1.3, while Williams is at a lofty 3.2.
  — John Hollinger, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
• Six Senses Vana takes wellness to lofty heights in the foothills of the Himalayas.
  — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2024
• 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
• That’s a lofty placement for a cut that’s been available for more than a year.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
• Some of the most thrilling moments came in later-career songs that didn’t hit the lofty heights of the charts.
  — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
• 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
• From the beginning, the odds stacked against the birds were as lofty as the skyline behind them.
  — Morgan Greene, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2022
• Brady is off to a slow start this season by his lofty standards.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2022
• 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
• Don’t listen to naysayers who tell you that your dreams are too lofty.
  — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 21 Oct. 2024
• 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
• When the ball dropped on a new decade, expectations for 2020 were lofty.
  — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Aug. 2022
• Its knit is as thick as chainmail yet as light and lofty as down feathers.
  — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2022
• Now with three Olympic medals, the result of a lofty goal achieved, Gu will have a bigger platform.
  — Rachel Axon, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2022
• His explanation of why trust matters to Allstate has less lofty roots.
  — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 27 June 2025
• Still, this year has been a collapse at Camden Yards, following lofty expectations to return to the playoffs for a third straight season.
  — Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025