How to Use poetic in a Sentence

poetic

adjective

• The most poetic of these is the Hatch House, now part of the trust’s small collection.
  — Penelope Green, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2022
• Then there are the names, as poetic as the sagas behind them.
  — Mary Winston Nicklin, Washington Post, 17 June 2022
• My mom still waxes poetic about the smell of tomatoes and the spring air in Iran.
  — Sara Li, ELLE, 2 Feb. 2023
• To be able to set poetic prose to music and move the masses is not easy.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2021
• In the broadcast booth, Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper waxed poetic.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 May 2021
• Fleck will take any chance to wax poetic about Ibrahim.
  — Megan Ryan, Star Tribune, 30 Oct. 2020
• Hunt waxed poetic for a couple of hours about the virtues of soccer.
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2021
• That came close to being a poetic point, but on the other hand…no.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
• One could wax poetic about the drink of the summer or the newest whiskey release to grace the market.
  — Kate Dingwall, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
• The words are poetic and lyrical, the music a tender mix of melancholy and hope at the same time.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2022
• To be sure, there’s not much going on to rouse that kind of poetic passion.
  — Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 10 Feb. 2023
• The choice of a male role has poetic resonance for Mey.
  — Daniel Bromfield, The Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2024
• Plus, there is something poetic about being able to catch a bit of art on a trip to the grocery.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2021
• Check this one out for the poetic prose and the mouth-watering recipes that are integral to the plot.
  — Washington Post, 27 May 2021
• Yep, still one of the most poetic, simple, and catchy country tunes around.
  — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2021
• But what's more poetic to me is how Steph Curry moves without the ball.
  — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 14 Nov. 2021
• In the poetic ending to this, Snyder comes back to return the favor.
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Feb. 2023
• That poetic grace is mirrored in the artwork, of course.
  — Andrew A. Smith Tribune News Service, Star Tribune, 28 June 2021
• Fans of Hudgens flooded the comments to wax poetic about the film.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 27 June 2022
• There is something poetic, of course, in the oral tradition that makes use of rhythms and sounds.
  — David Conrads, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Nov. 2020
• Food & Wine made no attempt to wax poetic in its blurb.
  — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 9 Apr. 2024
• The black and white films could be poetic or picturesque, but were never pulpy.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2024
• The jazzy, poetic London pop singer, 20, won big at the Brit Awards and is poised to break through in America.
  — Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune, 3 June 2021
• That the new album is here so soon is, in itself, poetic.
  — Cathy Applefeld Olson, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
• A lot of people have a rare and poetic transformation in the woods.
  — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2023
• Here, Hannah Howard waxes poetic on the cheese that’s been with her in every ebb and flow of life.
  — Hannah Howard, Bon Appétit, 2 Mar. 2023
• The younger Cougars have waxed poetic about the seniors and their impact all season.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Mar. 2022
• Maybe these are just metaphors, poetic fancies, like the Holy Ghost in Catholicism.
  — John Horgan, Scientific American, 5 Nov. 2020
• The movie is smart horror, even poetic at times, with much to say about race and spiritual freedom.
  — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
• With her children grown, the countess found herself more at her Norman estate, with poetic gardens by Louis Benech, than in the Paris house, and had decided to sell.
  — Dana Thomas, Architectural Digest, 15 Apr. 2025