The disastrous 9/11 memorial quotation was, evidently, never intended to be more than a high-sounding, stand-alone phrase, never intended to lead visitors to any more profound thoughts or emotions.
Many had imagined that Reza Khan, whom they took to be an unsophisticated regimental officer, would be content with a high-sounding title and a sword of honour given by the shah.
You will not, therefore, be surprised, if in what I have to say, I evince no elaborate preparation, nor grace my speech with any high sounding exordium.
Using high sounding words, perhaps in a bid to impress your reader, could be very counterproductive.
MR: On the other hand, the concept of making a high end sounding album these days is almost gone.
With a little tweaking, they could easily serve as a defense of The Lord of the Rings against charges that its high sounding language was at variance with the 'juvenile' plot".
He could dip into his low range and project phrases with chesty emphasis, and soar high, sounding mellifluous and lyrical with almost tenorish colorings.
In a letter to his daughter, he wrote: "All this is the sequence of Gen. Pope's high sounding manifestoes.
He was sceptical of many pastors and church men, dismissing their "high sounding barren words".
He defends the Beowulf poet's use of high sounding language that was anachronistic even in [the poet's] time.
With a click of the button on their iPhones people can now take over public squares, block traffic, attract television cameras, stare down the police, and shout out high sounding slogans ad nauseam.
