But in lofty terms, he was clearly seeking to reach a wider audience than just primary voters.

"Too lofty a term for it," he said.

It is hard to imagine our more recent leaders being discussed in such lofty terms.

"The people of the South heard the worst about me, but they saw the best," he said, and went on to talk in lofty terms of his future plans.

Mrs. Clinton is fond of talking about herself in lofty terms as a symbolic figure.

He prefers to position himself in loftier terms, as a man on a patriotic mission to rebuild the trade center.

Senior White House officials couched the Administration's goals in lofty terms.

It was a television phenomenon of such magnitude that it had network programmers and advertisers talking in lofty, even cosmic terms.

He just perceives his team in lofty terms.

There are several reasons why Hill is able to talk in such lofty terms.