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your description of the sun setting over the Grand Canyon was a particularly poetic piece of writing
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Outside of his poetic lyrics about the human condition, Springsteen — a 20-time Grammy-winner — has been a man of few words.
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2025
These poetic yet perplexing directions are a hallmark of heirloom recipes, passed down in an era when cooking was more about intuition than exact measurements.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2025
On its final voyage south, the ship passed Palm Beach and caused a stir among locals—shots of its iconic red, white, and blue smokestacks gliding past the shores carried a poetic weight in a town whose own origin (and very name) traces back to a coconut-laden shipwreck.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 23 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
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2025
These poetic yet perplexing directions are a hallmark of heirloom recipes, passed down in an era when cooking was more about intuition than exact measurements.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2025
On its final voyage south, the ship passed Palm Beach and caused a stir among locals—shots of its iconic red, white, and blue smokestacks gliding past the shores carried a poetic weight in a town whose own origin (and very name) traces back to a coconut-laden shipwreck.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 23 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
See All Example Sentences for poetic
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“Poetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poetic. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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poetic
adjective
po·et·ic
pō-ˈet-ik 
1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of poets or poetry
poetic words
2
: written in verse
poetical
adjective
-i-kəl
poetically
adverb
-k(ə-)lē
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