high-toned

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Recent Examples of high-toned Blake is accused of having drifted into high-toned seriousness; Albert, now writing for television, is branded a sellout. Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2025 Bright high-toned notes of cherry and strawberry show on the palate with an intriguing texture that hints at a bit of tannin. Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 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 Syrah lends depth and body to the region’s signature malbec’s high-toned blueberry fruit and supple tannins. Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023 The last decade surely produced some of the finest television ever, spanning high-toned dramas and offbeat comedies, several of them masterpieces unlikely to have been made under any other circumstances. Josef Adalian, Vulture, 6 June 2023 Blending syrah into the region’s signature malbec lends depth and body to malbec’s high-toned blueberry fruit and supple tannins. Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-toned
Adjective
  • Audiences have no choice but to exist in the theatrical moment, without recourse to linear logic, sententious language or psychological epiphanies.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • His cause of death was revealed to be a cerebral stroke that led to a coma and irreversible cardiocirculatory collapse.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Pope Francis died of a cerebral stroke and heart failure on April 21, a day after Easter Sunday, at the age of 88.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The best way to express this high-minded idealism was by mass-producing extremely potent, extremely pure LSD, almost as if its non-dilution was an expression of their own virtue.
    John Semley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025
  • For generations, students and researchers from around the world have flocked to Boston, drawn not just to a college or university but to a region where high-minded intellectual life was part of its brand.
    Jenna Russell, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This helps the church establish leaders, college presidents and intellectual leaders.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
  • After graduating from Harvard Law School, Clement clerked for the federal appeals-court judge Laurence Silberman, the intellectual godfather to generations of conservative lawyers, and then for Justice Antonin Scalia.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The education of a nation’s citizenry, whether public or private, is the heartbeat of any sustaining and civilized culture.
    Patricia A. Daniel, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2025
  • What started as a civilized, postwork affair with a sushi station escalated for many of the guests as more and more martinis were drunk from Madeline’s martini bar.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Neither Eriksson nor Capello seemed particularly determined to evolve the style of play and make England a more cultured footballing side.
    Michael Cox, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Wilk, an Israeli venture, focuses on producing cultured milk fats, used in making cheese and yogurt.
    Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • By the turn of the millennium, Green Day had already conquered pop culture as one of the few punk rock bands to etch a spot alongside the slick, polished pop that took hold in the late 1990s.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 1 May 2025
  • Ripe pear and apple notes on the palate, creamy texture and a refreshing zippy finish all wrapped in a balanced, polished bubbly package.
    Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • Buckle up for this globe-trotting, CGI-heavy adventure that combines apocalyptic spectacle and family drama in the least pretentious way possible.
    Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Jimbo, the most ridiculously pretentious egomaniac in rock-star history, seemed so excessive that no actor could play him, but Val Kilmer was up to the task.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2025

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“High-toned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-toned. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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