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

Later, still fuming, toplofty Paul Butler charged "absolute sabotage," demanded that CBS carry the film with advance notice of its showing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Despite its toplofty position, the Third Program does not stand in complete isolation from the other two services.

From Time Magazine Archive

You were too toplofty with her as it was.

From The Street Called Straight by Lowell, Orson