highfalutin

Example Sentences

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The highfalutin prestige animation studio is signaling to the “Minecraft” generation that they can do fun new movies too.

From Los Angeles Times

And it could have a huge impact on the game because, at the risk of getting highfalutin, it would require a new way of thinking about time.

From BBC

The highfalutin parallel is to “Candide,” the classic 18th century novel about a naif who endures the horrors of civilization: chaos, selfishness, disease and destruction.

From Los Angeles Times

A second inscription at the Missouri School of Journalism, my alma mater, is also on the mark, though it’s even more mockable and highfalutin: "The Schoolmaster to the People."

From Salon

Because God, I don’t want to get highfalutin in any way, but we’re in trouble right now in our culture.

From Los Angeles Times