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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
  • Also: surely there are more eloquent ways to inform the reader that your story is set in May, 1846.
    Judy Berman, Time, 11 July 2025
  • Pairing the dress with Alexis Bittar jewelry led to an eloquent ensemble.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 4 July 2025
Adjective
  • Trump and Carter are hardly the first pair of presidents to pour rhetorical oil on troubled waters, but the historical results, as with today, are mixed at best.
    Bruce Yandle, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025
  • By asking Grok to use X posts as a primary source and rhetorical inspiration, xAI is sending the large language model into a toxic landscape where trolls, political propagandists, and outright racists are some of the loudest voices.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • Ordered, balanced, formal, and restrained, the chapel draws from Wren’s and James Gibbs’s churches.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 19 July 2025
  • The Board of Directors has initiated a formal investigation into this matter and will have additional details to share very shortly.
    Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 19 July 2025
Adjective
  • Matt Damon and Chris Hemsworth have become regular visitors while A-listers from Julia Roberts to Tom Hiddleston and the Rolling Stones have been spotted at the city’s majestic Maria Cristina hotel.
    Eddi Fiegel, Robb Report, 17 July 2025
  • The fort’s majestic presence not only symbolizes the Caribbean flavors of Puerto Rican heritage, but also serves as a reminder of the influences that have shaped Towers’ unique artistry.
    Ingrid Fajardo, Billboard, 17 July 2025
Adjective
  • Her latest novel is another left turn, a work of literary horror set in Antarctica, in which a Black location scout for a production company making a film about the Shakleton expedition and then winds up stranded with a bunch of white people…and also something else.
    Drew Broussard July 8, Literary Hub, 8 July 2025
  • On Tuesday, July 8, PEOPLE can exclusively debut the trailer for the new documentary Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation, which examines the life and work of 20th-century literary icon Kerouac and the impact of his his 1957 novel On The Road.
    Tommy McArdle, People.com, 8 July 2025

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“High-flown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-flown. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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