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
Vocabulary lists containing poetic
English Words Derived from French, List 1
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Poetry
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