loftily
Example Sentences
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On March 25, 1893, 3,500 fans — some in the bleachers, some in grandstands, and 200 seated loftily in their own carriages — rang cowbells and blew horns to herald the entrance of the Angels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
The president - a wealthy businessman and former liberation struggle icon, once backed by Nelson Mandela to succeed him - loftily declared that he was innocent.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2022
When his popularity underwent the second-quickest plunge in French presidential history, one of his advisers, asked what mistakes the government had made, answered loftily: “We were probably too intelligent, too subtle.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2022
“It probably isn’t very logical or efficient to use music to investigate the true nature of being and the human condition,” Kate Soper writes in the notes for her loftily titled new album.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2022
“Really,” Hermione said loftily as they passed the girls, now squabbling over the lipstick.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
