Modifies a noun

• phrase: I say this not at all for the sake of turning a high-sounding phrase.

• word: Rather, liberalism embodies a whole range of attitudes to divine things which can sit quite happily with high-sounding words about biblical authority.

• title: The Chartists had started a penny weekly paper to which they gave the high-sounding title of The Midland Counties Illuminator.

• ideal: We'll all be watching to see if it lives up to those high-sounding ideals.

• talk: A lot of high-sounding talk, but I have yet to see anything realized.