vatic

Example Sentences

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He wrote ceaselessly, torrentially, and as he churned away he easily became vatic, windy, merely reckless where he had once been adventurous.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 16, 2019

So I consulted a couple more psychics to widen the vatic net a bit.

From Forbes • Sep. 27, 2012

If Meursault was marooned in a realm of absolute sensual truth Adam says whatever swirls into his head in any given situation, often turning linguistic fallibility into vatic profundity.

From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2012

Perhaps we should pay attention to these near-ecstatic, almost vatic, outbursts, even if the poets in question are self-conscious about them.

From Slate • May 28, 2012

In his bulldog face was an expression vatic and amused.

From The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident by Saltus, Edgar