ivory tower

Example Sentences

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It’s usually wrong to stand in your ivory tower shouting out the window that a broad swath of people in the market are mistaken.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Some of those eagerly sought to enlighten their charges, while a few others grew to see – or claimed to see – an unbridgeable chasm between the ivory tower and mass cultural aspiration.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

“I use these examples to show my team that we can’t be ivory tower operators.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

They’re not coming down from the ivory tower like the doctors.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

All life has streamed into your soul, and you have lived in the ivory tower.

From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson