loftier

Example Sentences

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An uptick in business air travel is fueling loftier hopes for United Airlines, which is slated to report its holiday-quarter results this week.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 19, 2026

The loftier idea is to grow so well that UK comics become recognised as a vital part of the nation's creative output, and by extension, the economy.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025

If he fixes the Rockies, he will have achieved something loftier than the Rocky Mountains themselves—and become the envy of his peers forever.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Others point out that previous elections reveal that voters do care about these loftier issues.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2024

As the idea of Zeus became loftier, two august forms sat beside him in Olympus.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton