high-sounding in the PONS Dictionary

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A government will step in with high-sounding rhetoric about "hurt sentiments" and so forth, and the eager members will be compelled to turn in their keys.
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The poem is high-sounding, but at the same time simple; it is direct, but also contains complicated metaphors, word plays, majestic adjectives, and a rich catalog of the lexicon.
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It is very easy after champagnes at a cocktail party to make high-sounding political rhetoric which amount to nothing.
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We need to unscramble high-sounding phrases we do not understand.
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The people's ears are stopped to such high-sounding promises.
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They saw those machineries, which proclaimed high-sounding title, with mingled feelings.
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Of the high-sounding declarations, he laments that they are "declarations of futility".
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What is behind these high-sounding words?
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And if high-sounding talk did any good, we'd have overcome those deep problems long ago.
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The manufacturers benefit by selling more of their products with the high-sounding concept of freshness and safety.
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