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Recent Examples of poetic Teresa Robeson’s poetic text and Diana Renzina’s luminous illustrations make an unusually lovely scientific book for older elementary school children. Kayla Randall, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024 Surreal images from the novel that could easily have looked silly on screen—a rivulet of blood winds its way across town, from the home where a character dies to his family’s abode, for example—retain their poetic profundity. Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Dec. 2024 Jason Lemon, Senior Politics Editor Philosophy The Prophet By Kahlil Gibran | Penguin Classics The Prophet is a collection of poetic essays by the legendary writer Gibran about a fictional prophet who is asked by townspeople to discuss matters of life before sailing home. Newsweek Staff, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024 And what could be more poetic than a small-town girl being picked to portray the ultimate small-town girl turned beloved music titan? James Factora, Them, 6 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for poetic 
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Adjective
  • For armchair travelers and avid trip planners alike, Wine & Travel Italy evokes the spirit of Bel Paese (Beautiful Country), the popular poetical appellative for Italy.
    Laura Manske, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • There is a real dangerous poetical syndrome sweeping America that must be cured.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 28 Jan. 2024
Adjective
  • Now his Pulitzer winner, Nickel Boys, has been turned into an equally uncompromising yet at times surprisingly lyrical film directed by RaMell Ross.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • But man, One Hundred Years of Solitude is breathlessly beautiful at times, lyrical and alive and brimming with visual and intellectual ideas.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Dance sections lacked charm; lyric passages were spiritless; the klezmer episodes in the third movement were strictly goyish.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Kelce’s first reaction to the lyric switch-up was caught in a video posted by a fan on TikTok.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024

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“Poetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poetic. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.

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