loftiness

Example Sentences

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The aim with the music there, Wood told me, was to create a sense of loftiness without sounding staid.

From The Guardian • Nov. 6, 2018

More pertinently, it would have forced Netflix to subscribe, at least outwardly, to the reigning elitism and increasingly out-of-touch loftiness about how movies are meant to be seen.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2018

“The thing about the Heartbreakers is, it’s still holy to me,” he said with no air of loftiness or pretense.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2017

The entire place exudes loftiness, in terms of both height and cultural aspiration.

From The New Yorker • May 15, 2017

Anna May feigned offense, then tipped up her chin and said with exaggerated loftiness, “And actually, I was one of just three lantern holders.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu