poetic
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Which may explain the film’s final bit of poetic license.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
It "bowls you over: it's real life written in a poetic way," user @thayslaaaa commented.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
The renewed interest in Parton’s books since her death could be seen as poetic, because she was a fierce advocate for literacy.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Parton’s songs, she noted, make up “a narrative of painful, beautiful, poetic melodic commentary on what it’s like to be human, and what it’s like to be a woman in America.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
I could tell Gracus didn’t understand Samir, who was always a little too poetic in his descriptions.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Vocabulary lists containing poetic
English Words Derived from French, List 1
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Poetry
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