quixotic

Example Sentences

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It seems a bit quixotic in the face of wildfires, which have grown increasingly destructive in recent decades as the impacts of climate change and suburban sprawl have heightened the west’s vulnerability.

From Los Angeles Times

His quixotic trek moved from conversation to a kind of goal, though one forestalled by the pandemic, whose lockdowns made it impossible for a meanderer to ease in and out of strangers’ homes and lives.

From Washington Post

They know that their mom is involved in a quixotic project to invigorate the Siberian steppe with grasses capable of storing massive amounts of carbon.

From Washington Post

That the effort is quixotic makes it all the more touching.

From Washington Post

To others, the secession effort has felt quixotic, or even idiotic.

From New York Times