: full of or expressing feeling or emotion
soulful music
soulfulness
noun
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a handsome actor with soulful eyes
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Follow along for live coverage Altadena, an unincorporated town in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, was a soulful middle-class suburb drawing diverse groups and creatives unlike anywhere else in Los Angeles County.
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Claire Wang, NBC News, 13 Jan. 2025
The soulful song was ranked as the Hot 100 Song of the Year.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
Begin your trip in Jackson, the soulful state capital; the Westin Hotel is centrally located.
—Emma John, AFAR Media, 7 Jan. 2025
Her eyes were a soulful, piercing hazel that seemed to see me exactly.
—Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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Claire Wang, NBC News, 13 Jan. 2025
The soulful song was ranked as the Hot 100 Song of the Year.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
Begin your trip in Jackson, the soulful state capital; the Westin Hotel is centrally located.
—Emma John, AFAR Media, 7 Jan. 2025
Her eyes were a soulful, piercing hazel that seemed to see me exactly.
—Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for soulful
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“Soulful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soulful. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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