toplofty
Example Sentences
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Reading the toplofty Mr. Grantham, one can almost hear the voice of Shakespeare’s Puck—“What fools these mortals be.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
This settled quality makes Trilling’s letters a bit toplofty and dull.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2018
Every miler at Madison Square Garden had heard the I.O.C.'s toplofty President Avery Brundage's ominous pronouncement: "If I were a runner, I would not be running tonight against Santee."
From Time Magazine Archive
Despite its toplofty accent on art, there is no artistic wooliness about Steuben's merchandising methods.
From Time Magazine Archive
A little authority hasn't made you toplofty, has it?
From The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol by Lewis E. Theiss
