poetic
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The hum for readers of this well-crafted book comes from seeing its determined protagonist try to foil that scheme while ensuring poetic justice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
It would be a poetic way to bow out, whether the title is won or not.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
When his character contacts Léa Seydoux’s French plant expert, it becomes almost too much rapturously intelligent star wattage for one quietly poetic movie, even if these god-tier actors are just zooming and talking shop.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Dante Alighieri's Inferno may contain more than religious symbolism and poetic imagination.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
“Offers wise and poetic counsel. I’d be the person world leaders came to with nasty philosophical problems.”
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
Vocabulary lists containing poetic
English Words Derived from French, List 1
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Poetry
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