: full of or expressing feeling or emotion
soulful music
soulfulness
noun
Examples of soulful in a Sentence
a handsome actor with soulful eyes
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Whereas his disheveled siblings, Junior (Ulysses Janson) and twins Samuel (Atlas Janson) and Simon (Arlo Janson), have been made to look like long-haired heathens, Homer has soulful brown eyes, dark lashes and obvious lost-puppy appeal.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024
Sam Smith Details ‘Awful’ Skiing Accident: ‘Couldn’t Walk for a Month’
Somehow even more soulful than the original, the duet featuring Smith, 32, and Keys, 43, delicately balances the pair’s powerhouse vocals with a gentle, emotional performance.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
Acclaimed at Sundance and invited to screen at the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes, the intimate drama consolidates the strengths of several previous shorts, demonstrating her ability to create delicate worlds in which soulful, everyday people operate, albeit not always comfortably.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024
His music was percussive, melodic, funky, soulful, and abstract.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 2 Aug. 2024
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024
Sam Smith Details ‘Awful’ Skiing Accident: ‘Couldn’t Walk for a Month’
Somehow even more soulful than the original, the duet featuring Smith, 32, and Keys, 43, delicately balances the pair’s powerhouse vocals with a gentle, emotional performance.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
Acclaimed at Sundance and invited to screen at the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes, the intimate drama consolidates the strengths of several previous shorts, demonstrating her ability to create delicate worlds in which soulful, everyday people operate, albeit not always comfortably.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024
His music was percussive, melodic, funky, soulful, and abstract.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 2 Aug. 2024
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“Soulful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soulful. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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