highfalutin

Example Sentences

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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 • Apr. 14, 2025

Sintara accuses Monk of snobbery, saying that his highfalutin notion of Blackness excludes other Black experiences because he is too ashamed to recognize them.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

Far too many workers have been given highfalutin titles—and maybe a shred of supervisory duties—but they’re low-paid, barely a blip on the org chart, and unfairly don’t get paid overtime despite grueling workweeks.

From Slate • May 8, 2024

Yes, educated people can indeed be annoying — by, say, using words like indeed, as I just did, or other highfalutin words Brooks mentions, or by pretending to understand things they really don't.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2023

I’d overhear the reporters at The Welch Daily News make jokes to one another about the highfalutin writers who worked at those papers.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls