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also belle-lettristic
as in literary
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Adjective
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While Whelan might not be a household name, her impact on the literary landscape is undeniable.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
1 Aug. 2025 -
What to expect: A sophisticated library-meets-Art Deco setting with a literary theme, a cocktail menu inspired by Florida’s stories, and high-end mixology led by Jaclyn Keogh.—
Lanee Lee,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The music is stark, declamatory, and ironic in its use of gentler major-key harmonies for some of the darkest lines.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Such would-be scientific treatises in fact functioned more like manifestos, and decisively influenced Eliot and Ezra Pound’s generation to favor a poetics of the objective sensuous image over one of the dramatic declamatory mood.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
The New Yorker,
9 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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These are the things that make a leader, not some bombastic strategy announcement.—
Ayaskant Sarangi,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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The Sunday panel discussion in Comic-Con’s vaunted Hall H will act as a relatively quiet closing act to the four-day festival that brought its usual series of big, bombastic looks at upcoming sci-fi and superhero projects.—
Andrew Dalton,
Chicago Tribune,
27 July 2025
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The awards are based on criteria including scholastic ability, responsibility toward education and financial need, with a special emphasis on community service.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 May 2025
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Distinguished Cadet Honors were awarded to cadets with scholastic standing and all-around aptitude in NJROTC activities.—
Cadet Nadeen Willat,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 July 2025
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Louis Partridge will take on Mr Darcy’s nemesis, Mr Wickham with Jamie Demetriou turning his hand to the pompous Mr Collins and Fiona Shaw as the fearsome Lady Catherine de Bourg.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
29 July 2025
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Warner also had a memorable guest arc as Eric Sanders, pompous boyfriend of Karyn Parsons' Hilary Banks, on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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There’s no florid wallpaper and no nostalgic oil paintings.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
31 July 2025
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Under the agreement, which provides a conceptual framework for the redevelopment, Goddard would retain Burger King’s original buildings, designed in a florid post-Modern style typical of the 1980s by prominent national architectural firm Hellmuth Obata & Kassabaum, today know as HOK.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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She’s stilted and awkward and doesn’t really banter.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
19 July 2024
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The stilted writing and direction, sadly, leave a lot to be desired: Emotions are under-explored and the humor misfires, with a perfectly capable cast asked to deliver some truly clunky lines.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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There’s something dark budding beneath the flowery surface of NBC‘s Grosse Pointe Garden Society.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
23 Feb. 2025
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Kitty Fairy With tiny wings and a flowery crown, Kitty Fairy lives in the Fairy Tail Garden.—
Alex Vance,
Parents,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Belletristic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belletristic. Accessed 10 Aug. 2025.
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