poetic
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We ended up going “Purple” just because it just feels a little bit more intriguing, a little more vague, a little poetic and kind of let the audience feel out what this is.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
His entries read like a strange hybrid of laboratory report and poetic comparison.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
The idea that “there will be no victor or vanquished” is not poetic fatalism, it is empirical reality.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026
But among those who have spoken anonymously, some see Huntley's death as poetic justice, a blessing in disguise.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
The games were meant to show the various types of poetic meter: iambic pentameter, for example, which William Shakespeare used to marvelous effect in many of his poems and plays.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing poetic
English Words Derived from French, List 1
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