high-flown
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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
Like Bennett, Davies isn’t afraid of obvious debts to cinema; some of the high-flown motifs in the first movement of her “What Did We See?” might bring to mind John Williams’s “Star Wars” scores.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2021
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
We know that government - what Edwards does - is more detail than high-flown phrases.
From Washington Times • Jan. 15, 2020
I felt extremely shy, wary of committing a faux pas, and unequipped to participate in the high-flown and rapid-fire conversations.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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