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Meanings of tall in English
Too improbable to admit of belief.
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Examples for "grandiloquent"
Examples for "grandiloquent"
1
It was grandiloquent, and it often took long to reach the point.
2
He preferred, in his grandiloquent way, to call a spade a spade.
3
The image suggests a grandiloquent eccentric, a man engaged in endearing folly.
4
He made her a grandiloquent bow and sat down at his desk.
5
They say that he lacked inspiration, and was vulgar, bombastic, and grandiloquent.
1
Lance laughed at the magniloquent thanks, and asked how the intimation had been received.
2
This image is much too magniloquent for the subject, but you will pardon it.
3
Paul interrupted him with a magniloquent wave of the hand.
4
The tone of the speech bordered on the magniloquent.
5
Magnificent, magniloquent, turbulent, it is starred with glowing phrases as thickly as with glowing deeds.
Usage of tall in English
1
He wasn't particularly tall, however, probably no more than five foot ten.
2
It sounds a tall order, but no one said politics was easy.
3
The voice of the tall stranger in the corner broke in here:
4
The problem of shade caused by tall buildings standing cheek-by-jowl, for example.
5
She'd gone out with a too-tall, too-thin history major for several months.
6
The tall man's name was mentioned in the course of the story.
7
He was 6' tall, of good build and on the young side.
8
In the tall and barrack-like houses candles gleamed in honor of Masaniello.
9
Not a creature abroad; the tall gaunt houses staring in the moonlight.
10
Consider, for example, tall buildings that suddenly look crooked in the photo.
11
Home is New York, stony and tall: its real estate is real.
12
He was tall enough to look down her shirt without any problem.
13
Europe is already closer than the plains with the tall elephant grass.
14
Probably the tall meats here doesn't quite work as well for me.
15
A new palace appeared ahead, standing tall and proud beside the water.
16
All the screen action takes place within a tall narrow vertical pane.
