high-minded

Example Sentences

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Chesterton was raised in a high-minded Unitarianism whose morals he approved but whose understanding of God he found too thin to support the changes that he, as a man of the left, wanted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

He was a high-minded historian and literary critic who nevertheless loved writing about rugby and cricket.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

I want to be very high-minded about this.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2025

That’s not some high-minded ideal — it should be the bare minimum.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2025

The tone of that entry seems lofty, high-minded, but in it I detect a whiff of fatalism.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover