idealistic
Example Sentences
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Someone young, idealistic, like the kids they’d never had, would die as part of a well-intentioned but risky move from Hal.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Kevin came to Washington all those years ago as an outsider, an idealistic young man determined to serve his country, who succeeded beyond all expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
But Kornev is young and infused with an idealistic zeal, refusing to let these goons stonewall him.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
It would have been a lot to ask that Simkhovitch, idealistic and self-sacrificing, predict that immigrant poverty and its housing conditions would be ameliorated with time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
I’m very idealistic, but I knew I couldn’t walk that far, so I took a cab.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
Vocabulary lists containing idealistic
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