poetic
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This is a guy who incorporated poetic techniques into the songwriting experience and came up with a new folk music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
Making a full-circle jump from her laptop screen to the multiplex, Cvijic waxes poetic.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
The men talk ceaselessly—about longevity, about their careers—and carouse liberally, but even the most quotidian of their remarks acquires a poetic gravity in the context of the film.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
And in a somewhat unfortunate poetic twist, it is the Saints where Ramsdale finds himself completely out of favour three years on as the fourth-choice goalkeeper at a Championship club.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
The names of places carry a charge of the people who named them, reverent or irreverent, descriptive, either poetic or disparaging.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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English Words Derived from French, List 1
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