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high-flown

[hahy-flohn] / ˈhaɪˈfloʊn /


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The jovial candid photos of the leaders and their high-flown speeches amply testified to the event’s momentousness.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2022

In the high-flown rhetoric of venture capital, the company’s CEO imagines a world where everything becomes an NFT, with no limits to where OpenSea’s 2.5 percent commission can reach.

From The Verge • Feb. 2, 2022

You’d hardly want to be seen writing in the Café de Flore in Paris, would you, no matter how high-flown your topic.

From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2020

But such moments are rare and, for the most part, “The City We Became” is thrillingly expansive without ever becoming abstract or high-flown.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2020

When trying a case, I often made sweeping gestures and used high-flown language.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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