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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. Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 14 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-flown
Adjective
  • King’s leadership, however, unified millions across America through peaceful protests, marches, and eloquent advocacy.
    Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Sunday afternoon the opener was Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto with Yefim Bronfman as the bold-toned, rhythmically precise, eloquent soloist.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Understanding the rhetorical power of warning Americans that they are being played for suckers, at a personal and visceral level, was part of the winning strategy of the 2016 Trump candidacy.
    Tess Wilkinson-Ryan, TIME, 18 Mar. 2025
  • This question, though somewhat rhetorical, again displays how well-meaning adults are nevertheless detached from the difficulties and dangers young people face in the modern internet age, where cyberbullying (and yes, even extremist ideology) runs rampant.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Photo : Noel Kleinman/The Oppenheim Group The formal dining room.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2025
  • This could range from formal presentations to informal conversations, emails or even social media within the company, depending on your audience and the nature of your message.
    Heather V. MacArthur, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But for first-time visitors, nothing quite beats the thrill of skiing in Zermatt with the Matterhorn’s majestic silhouette as your backdrop.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The majestic trophy is one of the most famous in sports with the face of the winner of each year’s Indianapolis 500 attached to the trophy, cast in sterling silver.
    Bruce Martin, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Following in the literary footsteps of iconic detectives like Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple is Davies’ detective Cordelia Cupp, portrayed by Aduba.
    Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The winners are chosen by book critics instead of committees made up of authors or academics, which is how most literary prizes are administered.
    Alexandra Alter, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025

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