How to Use stylistic in a Sentence

stylistic

adjective
  • There are a number of stylistic changes in the new car.
  • The album is made up of many moods and expands on Björk’s stylistic range.
    Wendy Kaur, ELLE, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Pearls and pocket squares were the stylistic nods to the occasion.
    Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2022
  • The extra-large front flap pockets are a stylistic touch.
    Paula Lee, Glamour, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The direction for the overall stylistic and tonal approach came from the script.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Some of these stylistic risks pay off more than others.
    New York Times, 6 Mar. 2022
  • This is an episode that owes more than a small stylistic and thematic debt to Lost.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2021
  • The stylistic shift was so striking that, in the early days, Pop art was sometimes referred to as the hard-edge school.
    The New Yorker, 21 July 2021
  • This is not just a stylistic facelift, though, but a near-holistic reimagining of what Strand of Oaks is.
    Ryan Leas, SPIN, 6 June 2024
  • Her all-black Maison Margiela got a whole new life on the red carpet in London, thanks to the actress' new stylistic choice.
    Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2023
  • And the third type is the Wuxia movie, which is a whole other rich tradition of stylistic heritage.
    Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Sure, the Paris Laundry brand has stylistic elements of punk.
    Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The stylistic flourish of Celie imagining herself and Shug on a gramophone turntable also feels out of step with the rest of the movie.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Often there is a kind of stylistic hangover from the previous project.
    Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Maytag has come a long way from its rather bland stylistic offerings of old.
    Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 June 2023
  • Her voice floats over the over the stylistic back-and-forth of the beats, weaving between evocative EDM-style beats and straight-up pop choruses.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Kirkwood uses the second half to take wilder stylistic swings.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 13 June 2024
  • The standout stylistic signature is the lack of paragraph breaks.
    Sam Sacks, WSJ, 4 June 2021
  • That’s a powerful idea, and the rigor with which Savage sticks to his stylistic guns helps the film resonate, at least a little.
    Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2023
  • At times, the stylistic shifts can give the record a bit of a mod-podge feel, but the artist holds it together by keeping us engaged with her story.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Luhrmann doesn’t do much by halves, and here his flamboyant stylistic excesses are very much of a piece with Elvis’ own.
    Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2022
  • The available colors are limited, but the bright blue and neutral beige still cover a lot of stylistic ground.
    Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Massive, tacked cuffs were also a part of the brand’s stylistic arsenal.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2024
  • In a big-idea book, which this aims to be, those scholarly and stylistic virtues need to serve a striking argument.
    The Economist, 8 May 2021
  • Weirdly, there’s a stylistic resemblance in several to the tintypes to the painting of Douanier Rousseau.
    Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2023
  • In much of his concert music, Williams has walked through stylistic doors Copland and Bernstein opened decades ago.
    W. Anthony Sheppard, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Novak’s nerd-out-of-the-Big Apple tale has familiar stylistic echoes.
    Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022
  • Then as now, his view of music was an all-embracing one that knew no stylistic boundaries.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Meanwhile, Finn is throwing every stylistic trick in his repertoire at the screen, from surveillance-cam-style horizontal pans to disarmingly upside-down compositions.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Though the core story — a fractured friendship between two men driven by their demons and vanities remains intact, other elements, including stylistic choices and one-off figures, create a cumbersome tone.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024

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