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as in rhetoric
full of fine words and fancy expressions
gave a high-flown reply instead of a simple "yes" or "no" answer
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as in eloquent
very dignified in form, tone, or style
high-flown speeches about the nobleness of their cause
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Recent Examples of high-flown
Order this: If all this is too high-flown for you, call for The Hook Up, your basic red sauce-sausage-pepperoni deal.
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Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 14 June 2023
Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 14 June 2023
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One video image of a highway at night was more eloquent than anything in the lead-up to Johnny’s Greyhound getaway.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
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This is Lorde at her sharpest, most eloquent, and certainly most tantalizing.Vogue, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
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These subtle symbolic and rhetorical shifts suggest that North Korea is dissatisfied with China.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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But even when adjusted for rhetorical inflation, Trump has signaled plans for a starkly different sort of tariff regime.Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The company identified a material weakness in its internal controls over financial reporting due to a lack of segregation of duties and formal documentation.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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But if this had been a formal dinner, the coffee would have been served afterwards — and in china, not a witty mug.Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Set in the majestic French Pyrenees, the film addresses the battle between heritage and modernity as the reintroduction of brown bears collides head first with a traditional shepherding community.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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Instead of snowfall and frigid temperatures, guests are treated to majestic beaches and warm ocean breezes.Robin Raven, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Like a literary assassin. Scribner, to my surprise, was into the idea of a blurb from Eve.Lili Anolik, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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The Magic Mountain is an odyssey confined to one place, a novel of ideas like no other, and a masterpiece of literary modernism.George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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“High-flown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-flown. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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