cinematic
Example Sentences
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Engineering a functioning drop-down door, designed to mimic cinematic spacecraft entrances, proved particularly challenging.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
No one knew a cinematic treasure was inside.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
It would be easy to take Emma’s confession as a simple cinematic provocation, a tone-deaf narrative device intended to make viewers squirm in their seats.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
“Dog Day Afternoon” makes for a largely diverting evening, but like many if not most stage versions of beloved films it never entirely succeeds at laying to rest the ghosts of its cinematic past.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
“Did you notice anything unusual, Mr. Crosby? I thought that with your cinematic eye, you may have noticed something that no one else would have seen.”
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
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