It was, said Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, "a match by no means worthy of its high-sounding title".
We can come up with some high-sounding title.
But that's only a high-sounding title.
I've thought about this and I've invented a rather high-sounding title for this basic factor in human relations.
Rather a high-sounding title for what was, after all, nothing more than an official guess, and at the moment, Ryan didn't have a clue.
As the astounded Student listened, it occurred to him that "it was a rather high-sounding title for a force that didn't exist."
You'd better learn some manners, if you expect anyone to respect you for more than that high-sounding title you bear.
Why, there are many people with high-sounding titles which don't count for very much.
They saw those machineries, which proclaimed "high-sounding" title, with mingled feelings.
Until it does so, it is idle to attempt to exalt it in the world's estimation, by giving it a high-sounding title.