Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“This is a song about the appreciation of reality,” Sammy Hagar declared rather high-mindedly to introduce Van Halen’s “Right Now” in the Palomino.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2025

It was high-mindedly dubbed The Alliance and backed with platitudes about “trust,” “gentlemen’s agreements” and “looking each other in the eye” — but no formal signed agreement.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2023

But he was also solicitous, supportive and, it must be acknowledged, seriously and high-mindedly patriotic.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2020

At Georgetown, Zuckerberg spoke high-mindedly about how Facebook has handed people the “power to express themselves at scale,” creating a “new force in the world.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 23, 2019

Yes," she said, "when you talk high-mindedly and generously, as you can, when you want to, I enjoy being with you, in touch with a mind so much more knowing and able than my own.

From The Penalty by Christy, Howard Chandler