high-minded
Example Sentences
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High-minded or not, empowering the masses has made Wales beholden to them.
From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2013
High-minded but plain-talking, she melds classical ballet with modern dance, avant-garde experiment with Broadway pizzazz, technical rigour with off-the-cuff attitude, uptown glamour with downtown grit; above all, art with commerce.
From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2011
High-minded art: The magic going on atop San Francisco's new tallest building.
From Los Angeles Times
High-minded dissertations by U.S. officials on the sovereignty of nations and the sanctity of the new world order evoke smirks in the suqs of such cities as Algiers, Tunis, Damascus and Amman.
From Time Magazine Archive
High-minded idiocy pitted against the power of coin.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
