high-flown in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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high-flown in the PONS Dictionary

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The three express their feelings in long passionate speeches, consumed with high-flown notions of love and honour.
en.wikipedia.org
It's a high-flown exercise in theatrical silliness for its own splendid sake.
www.independent.co.uk
That "about" -- rather than the more natural "round" -- is high-flown, one tiny example of the voice of an author aiming beyond the reach of her own characters.
thespinoff.co.nz
So forget for a minute the high-flown idea of local government reform.
jamaica-gleaner.com
In this area of work it is also necessary to definitively banish the habit of describing the national reality in pretentious high-flown language or with excessive formality.
links.org.au
His style was somewhat high-flown.
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He caught its mood in pieces which turn their back on technical sheen, grand dimensions and high-flown sentiments.
www.telegraph.co.uk
He answered me with an indecipherable, high-flown metaphor.
time.com
Kay bravely winds high-flown phrasing around the bones of a melodramatic plot.
www.ft.com
Aimed high without being high-flown, her speech just poured from her.
www.telegraph.co.uk

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