How to Use thematic in a Sentence

thematic

adjective
  • As a time capsule of the moment, both the film’s thematic concerns and its look are dead-on.
    Kyle Smith, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Despite this thematic weight, though, the films are light on their feet.
    Isaac Feldberg, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2021
  • The FaceTiming is thematic to the movie, which is about two friends who live far apart.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 24 Sep. 2022
  • As long as the songs are a sonic and thematic match for the realm of Purple Rain, who cares whether a tune appeared in the film?
    Joe Lynch, Billboard, 23 June 2024
  • The ending may seem forced, even comic, but is very much to thematic point.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 15 Mar. 2023
  • But yeah, there were ideas on what the thematic narrative that was going to run through the four nights that went on for a month.
    Josh Cornfield, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Upon sharing the title track, Khan referred to it as the thematic core of the album.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The thematic here—as in so many films after—is justice.
    Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 23 May 2022
  • As a thematic answer: Maybe love is stronger than death.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2021
  • But the video is still a part of rap lore that Metro and Future decided to use as a thematic framework for their project.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2024
  • This left time for the band to get existential about the EP’s thematic concerns.
    New York Times, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Season 2 takes place abroad, and with the shift away from America comes a change, too, in thematic focus.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The large thematic touchpoints for what would become Meow Wolf’s L.A. space were sketched out about two years ago.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
  • And how is Billy Bob Bo, the thematic center of Batiste’s new album, doing at present?
    A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The end result is a sharp thematic pivot that soars higher than the mixtape that came before it.
    Ted Davis, SPIN, 6 Apr. 2023
  • That the Hardy Boys books, in all their blue-spined loveliness, are a visual and thematic motif is of course not a random choice.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2021
  • And striped scarves in house colors — red and gold for Gryffindor or green and silver for Slytherin — can serve as thematic garlands on the mantel.
    Frank Rojas Erik Carter, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2023
  • But, yeah, on a larger thematic level, food carries a lot of weight, and as a chubby person, it’s been a big part of my life.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 July 2024
  • What would be the thematic throughline connecting all the seasons?
    Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2024
  • But this book became my white whale and I got caught in a wide net of symbolic details and thematic statements that sank me.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 May 2024
  • The doubters, Rogers said, tend to be people who grew up looking at fashion in that narrative or thematic way.
    Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 June 2022
  • Here’s an extra thematic clue to help guide you to the solution: A very hungry children’s book.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Zendaya Dresses the Part: The actress is known for thematic dressing to promote her movies.
    Chloe Anello, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Wait, no, that makes the show sound like a failure of thematic intention or plot momentum.
    Darren Franich, EW.com, 22 June 2022
  • It’s also something of a thematic centerpiece of the project.
    Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2021
  • From production to thematic variance, a lot is happening on Movie in the best way.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2024
  • That smart decision gave the show a thematic element that Jackson was not part of, which helped to broaden the show’s focus.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Bereft of its thematic heft, the season inevitably relies more on plotting and shock value.
    Inkoo Kang, Washington Post, 3 June 2022
  • Its connection to book one is mostly thematic, though that mystery star does appear at the end.
    Lev Grossman, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
  • So there’s a lot of repetition and a lot of thematic choices that’re clearly being made for the camera.
    Dean Baquet, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024

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