idealistic
Example Sentences
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She has tried to replace those who left with “people who are idealistic, want to give back to their country, want to make the country a better place for all people in America.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 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
"But we don't live in this idealistic world where everyone is logical. The passion of football fans is what makes the game great."
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
A sweet, idealistic grade-school teacher, Salim doesn’t share his aging dad’s fiery rhetoric regarding Israel.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 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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