It is said (rather unfairly, perhaps) that shyness is a form of conceit; but the least self-conscious of mankind can hardly fail to feel uncomfortable when he is called upon to perform such a highflown part under so severe a scrutiny.
In other words, they were doctrinaires, and not men of action, so that there could be no serious danger to the Shogunate so long as they contented themselves only with arguing about national affairs in highflown language.
Buchanan dedicated his psalms to his beautiful pupil and patron in terms as highflown but more elegant, and with a justifiable wealth of hyperbolical adulation.
Even the sentiments are not too highflown for the locality.
Whereupon Lafayette and the two Municipals, with highflown chivalry, take their leave.
And then the Deputations to the National Assembly, withhighflown descriptive harangue; to M.
He required Enobarbus to serve as a sort of chorus and introduce an occasional touch of irony amid the highflown passion of the play.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "highflown" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
