How do you use Quixotic in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like romantic or impractical, plus the exact meaning.
Quixotic in a sentence
Quixotic meaning
- Resembling or characteristic of the Spanish chivalric hero Don Quixote; possessed with or resulting from the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality.
- Overly optimistic and moralistic.
- Exceedingly idealistic.
Synonyms of Quixotic
Using Quixotic
- The main meaning on this page is: Resembling or characteristic of the Spanish chivalric hero Don Quixote; possessed with or resulting from the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality. | Overly optimistic and moralistic. | Exceedingly idealistic.
- Useful related words include: romantic, wild-eyed, impractical.
- In the example corpus, quixotic often appears in combinations such as: the quixotic, occasionally quixotic, quixotic relationship.
Context around Quixotic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Quixotic
- In this selection, "quixotic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, occasionally, seem, grandly, relationship, presidential and pursuit stand out and add context to how "quixotic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and occasionally quixotic relationship between and are capitalized quixotic bowdlerize mesmerism. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "quixotic" sits close to words such as abhiyan, ajibola and ajinkya, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with quixotic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It has certainly been a quixotic second act for the dedicated Freemason and Celebrity Conservative. (15 words)
Even as conversations around redevelopment of the Central Vista are on, it’s often in a quixotic manner. (18 words)
During these last few decades of his life, this quixotic quest isolated Einstein from the mainstream of physics. (18 words)
In the end, Kennedy's vanity campaign will be remembered only slightly more readily than the quixotic Senate aspirations of Caroline Kennedy (who once sought the open-seat appointment in New York that went to Kirsten Gillibrand). (37 words)
Both Pochettino and Guardiola have previously described Bielsa as “the best coach in the world” and Emery is also something of a disciple of the quixotic Argentinean who is now Leeds United’s manager. (34 words)
That grandly quixotic undertaking unfolds amidst a population of wild parrots that have long made the forest their home, and it is a parrot that narrates (not through a voice, but through subtitles). (33 words)
What's the point of protecting Australia's sovereignty against China only to yield it to Donald Trump's latest quixotic enthusiasm? (22 words)
Example sentences (20)
When we last left off, Connor Roy was pouring tens of millions of dollars into a quixotic Presidential bid.
The long and occasionally quixotic relationship between and Lindsey Graham has again turned negative after the South Carolina senator criticized the former president for refusing to support a federal abortion ban.
The long and occasionally quixotic relationship between Trump and Graham has turned negative once … Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.
Finally, someone has figured out how to put an end to students wasting their lives in the quixotic pursuit of knowledge associated with the humanities.
In the end, Kennedy's vanity campaign will be remembered only slightly more readily than the quixotic Senate aspirations of Caroline Kennedy (who once sought the open-seat appointment in New York that went to Kirsten Gillibrand).
Normally, an impeachment of a Trump cabinet official might seem quixotic given that the Republican-controlled Senate is unlikely to remove cabinet members from office.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a quixotic bid this month to overturn the election results in Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in the Supreme Court.
That grandly quixotic undertaking unfolds amidst a population of wild parrots that have long made the forest their home, and it is a parrot that narrates (not through a voice, but through subtitles).
What's the point of protecting Australia's sovereignty against China only to yield it to Donald Trump's latest quixotic enthusiasm?
Bocanegra, who is aware of the quixotic nature of the endeavour, hopes to have a flexible space for workshops and exhibitions and, naturally, a gift shop.
Even as conversations around redevelopment of the Central Vista are on, it’s often in a quixotic manner.
Both Pochettino and Guardiola have previously described Bielsa as “the best coach in the world” and Emery is also something of a disciple of the quixotic Argentinean who is now Leeds United’s manager.
For the rest, it’s an opportunity for an unusually up-close glimpse into the creative world of this quixotic yet often contradictory genius.
In 1860, Orélie de Tounens, a quixotic lawyer from Tourtoirac, crossed south of Chile’s Biobío river into lands uncolonized by the Spanish empire.
It has certainly been a quixotic second act for the dedicated Freemason and Celebrity Conservative.
She’s a bit rough around the edges as major candidate, but she comes with the network she needs to make this more than a quixotic run.
The quixotic legal challenge has little to no chance of success in court; it’s a transparent effort to obstruct justice and delay the release of aging prisoner.
Abrahamic, Buddhist, Hollywoodize, Freudianism, and Reagonomics are capitalized; quixotic, bowdlerize, mesmerism, and pasteurization are not; aeolian, and alpinism may be capitalized or not.
During these last few decades of his life, this quixotic quest isolated Einstein from the mainstream of physics.
For a critic to construct an Aeschylean theology would be as quixotic as designing a typology of Aeschylean man.
Common combinations with quixotic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: