high-sounding

Example Sentences

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Hairabedian claimed that in the reported cases “the common denominator is that there was no physical violence but an exchange of high-sounding words.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2022

Another definition found in the 1889 "Americanisms, Old & New" had "talking turkey" meaning "To use high-sounding words, when plain English would do equally well or better."

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2021

“We have not come together in battle array to assume a boastful attitude and to talk loudly of high-sounding principles,” explained a South Carolina gathering in 1865.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Nigeria's notorious 419 internet scammers adopted this same tradition of using high-sounding words.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2017

But among them, his former pupils, excited by the high-sounding proclamations, the determination reigned to sacrifice their skins for a lost cause.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez