high-toned

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Recent Examples of high-toned The notes of high-toned bright fruit—think sour cherry, balsamic and black tea flavors—lend it a lovely sweet-savory profile. Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 This one is savory and delicate with bright high-toned berry fruit, warm spices and a thread of richer, dark plum notes. Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024 This version from Pala winery hits the high-toned cherry fruit notes, while wild herbs resonate on the finish. Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-toned
Adjective
  • This is a bracing, even novel, perspective on a war whose film depictions so often traffic in sententious Greatest Generation platitudes.
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Only the vivid image of the warped planks keeps this remark from being the type of sententious counsel that Polonius might have given his son.
    Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
Adjective
  • If Santo Stefano is cerebral, Santa Sabina is ethereal — as iridescent as a soap bubble but as solid as stone.
    David Laskin, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The cinematic language Expressionist filmmakers invented was esoteric, literally and figuratively shadowy, cerebral, and heavily symbolic.
    Elle Carroll, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • If that high-minded argument doesn’t work, however, consider this: if Republicans adjourn Congress so Trump can make recess appointments, Democrats will unfortunately be far more likely to do the same at the next opportunity.
    Chris Coons, TIME, 9 Dec. 2024
  • They were incorporated into America’s often confused sense of itself as a nation built upon red-blooded masculinity and upon high-minded righteousness.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • By giving Jim imagined dialogues with Enlightenment philosophers like Voltaire and Locke, Everett further challenges the dehumanizing perceptions of enslaved individuals and underscores Jim’s intellectual depth.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Godard’s intellectual approach never turns skeptical.
    Armond White, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The Romans liked to give the appearance of civilized rule by getting local thugs to do their dirty work.
    N.T. Wright, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The software will also not allow the passenger to pass through, forcing them to return to line and wait their turn, like civilized travelers.
    Karri Peifer, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The timeless gem gets a modern twist with the freshwater cultured pearls stationed along a 10k yellow gold rope chain.
    Brittany Talarico, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Not only was there overfishing but high-quality cultured pearls arrived, such as those from Mikimoto, first imported by Parisian jeweler Worms, followed by the 1929 financial crisis.
    Lily Templeton, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The Georgian peanut farmer won the gubernatorial race, aided by a more polished campaign that featured posters and relied on poll data to guide Carter's campaign strategy.
    Tabitha Parent, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
  • In reality, unlike these polished narratives, authentic love is imperfect, human and far more fulfilling.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • With a gleaming library, a high-tech theater with seating wrapped around its stage, and the Grand Dutch Café bringing a bit of that Netherlands feel, Rotterdam is sophisticated without being pretentious.
    David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Despite having the world’s most extensive collection of Napa Valley wine — the list is more than 170 pages long — there is nothing pretentious about Press.
    Katie Sweeney, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024

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“High-toned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-toned. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.

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