Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style.
Of imposing height; especially standing out above others.
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Examples for "eminent "
Examples for "eminent "
1 The eminent doctor said good-bye with a serious but not unhopeful expression.
2 That Aristotle erred in many ways; that he is eminent in Logic.
3 The church is built upon the grave of the eminent saint, Miniato.
4 An eminent citizen, so one heard, was on the point of arrest.
5 His was the most eminent name in the annals of American surgery.
1 Spain's soaring borrowing costs have become a national obsession since the crisis.
2 One of the consequences of the rental-voucher shortage is clear: soaring homelessness.
3 Critics say they contribute to soaring food prices and damage the environment.
4 But taxpayers cannot continue to subsidize the soaring cost of higher education.
5 Yemen is struggling with soaring unemployment and dwindling oil and water reserves.
1 He was very young, but he had a great and towering vision.
2 In all directions it looked the same; straight towering trunks, saplings, undergrowth.
3 The little clearings made scarcely an impression in the towering virgin forests.
4 Throughout the towering Shape was awful movement; its units writhed within it.
5 As they moved forward, the maples gave way slowly to towering fir.
Having or displaying great dignity or nobility.
1 The lofty level of oil prices helped drive down other sectors, however.
2 Previous British governments have adopted lofty targets for trade, with mixed success.
3 Three days ago the lofty off-spinner was relaxing peacefully back at home.
4 The military wants a better approach, and they've got some lofty goals.
5 In the background, in a large and lofty cell, is the sanctuary.
6 Mounted on a lofty stone in the midst of the wild circus:
7 It rises on the lofty Brazilian plateau near Diamantino in 14 deg.
8 The first was a fringe of mangrove forest; the other lofty mountains.
9 Long centuries ago, she'd looked down on him with such lofty contempt.
10 Hence the vally of a lofty sperrit in the face of difficulties.
11 The next flash strikes the lofty structure of confidence in their descent.
12 However, mobile gaming doesn't have the same lofty requirements as PC gaming.
13 This is a hopeful, even lofty motto for a new book company.
14 Investors have been uneasy about companies listing at lofty valuations this week.
15 The rampart is lofty and of many colours, in the rainbow style.
16 A similar train of lofty conception pervades the writings of the prophets.
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