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

The City Opera's first general director was Hungarian-born Laszlo Halasz, who spent eight years getting it established, while sidestepping a series of attacks brought on by his toplofty manner.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mitchell's lyrics for Mingus' sometimes abstruse music get a little toplofty, and her sidemen�Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius are among the most renowned�stay so aloof and mechanical the record turns to stainless steel.

From Time Magazine Archive

You were too toplofty with her as it was.

From The Street Called Straight by Lowell, Orson