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:

  • Either he ignores it, in which case the charges damage him, or he responds in kind, in which case he diminishes his carefully cultivated reputation for high-mindedness.

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

  • But the Woodward case--his second Trial of the Decade--reflects Scheck's high-mindedness as much as his greed.

  • 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.

  • That's the question that Kubrick no doubt intended us to ask each other late into the night, just as we once endlessly pondered the meaning of the black monolith in 2001 . But 2001 was a mystery, and Eyes Wide Shut , for all its atmospheric high-mindedness, is just a muddle.


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