high style
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of high style
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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If the Globes’ popularity were only related to gawking at stars getting drunk in high style, then the numbers for the Emmys telecast, with its far superior production, should have been robust too.
From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2024
They won the Women’s Euro Championship this week in high style.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2022
Those gifts were on unimprovable display in Luhrmann’s “Moulin Rouge,” which kicked off the 2001 festival in high style.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2022
He was a beautiful name, one that still connotes high style a half-century after his crash, evoking an era of blazers and cravats, of dance bands and cigarette holders.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2020
He has a brand-new position in the security division of the gold-mining industry, near the northern suburbs, where supposedly we are soon to be living in high style.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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