high-mindedness
Example Sentences
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It is when Mary resigns herself to learning and high-mindedness that her life-scheme goes happily awry.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
There are moments in “The French Dispatch” when it’s unclear if Anderson is paying tribute to the arch tone and middlebrow high-mindedness the New Yorker came to symbolize, or making a burlesque of it.
From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2021
Their foe is the clock and the rise and the flavors and Paul Hollywood’s bad opinions, not their fellow contestants or the edit, a high-mindedness that makes the series uniquely wholesome, pleasant, and comforting.
From Slate • May 18, 2020
Singleton’s next movie completed what was effectively an LA trilogy, and again this writer-director’s high-mindedness and charm were apparent.
From The Guardian • Apr. 29, 2019
He paused, with an expression that she would come to know well, a virtuous narrowing of his eyes that announced the high-mindedness of their owner.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
