Example sentences for: high-mindedness

How can you use “high-mindedness” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Dissenters gripe about cheap high-mindedness, especially the caricatures of money-grubbing sports agents.

  • New York 's David Denby refuses to board the Howard Stern train, condemning the shock jock for his megalomania, his "fifties idea of sexual humor," and his crimes against "dignity" and "high-mindedness."

  • Thanks to Glenn's high-mindedness, he's had a peculiar, worthy, and forgettable political career.

  • If last week's theme was high dudgeon, this week's will be high-mindedness.

  • Orgies of high-mindedness like the Volunteer Summit--four presidents, Colin Powell, the networks, celebrities, corporations, foundations, all huffing and puffing in Philadelphia--are a cheap target for knee-jerk iconoclasm.


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