lofty

• As they approached the islands, no sign of a harbour could be perceived--lofty cliffs towering up before them to the sky without apparently a break. —  The Three Commanders
• His very appearance excited awe and reverence; his figure was proud, lofty, and warlike, while his bright, piercing eye expressed profundity of thought, combined with gravity and mystery. —  A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges
• He imprisoned the city within a circular chain of large, lofty, and massive towers. —  The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I
• Guizot had undergone years of patient historic study; nobody of his time had reflected more carefully on the causes and forces of great movements; he had more of what is called the calm philosophic mind, than any one then eminent in literature; he overflowed with what Mr. Greg describes as the highest kind of wisdom; his moral pretensions were austere, lofty, and unbending to a fault. —  Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 7: W.R. Greg: A Sketch
• Above them the sails of the foremast stood pale and lofty, and there was the rhythmic jar of a block against a backstay. —  Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories

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