ideals

Example Sentences

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Psychologically, mirrors heighten self-awareness, and thus prompt people to behave better overall, more in line with ideals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

From the Capitol to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House, the structures that surround us have expressed and shaped the country’s ideals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

For decades Auroville held fast to its lofty ideals as a self-governing haven for yoga enthusiasts and seekers of spiritual freedom of "all creeds and nationalities".

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

We are here in celebration and defense of our American ideals, democracy, our Constitution, and our sacred American promise .

From Salon • May 28, 2026

In fact, Fuller had come to Durham with high ideals but no goals beyond resident empowerment.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson