as in poetical
having qualities suggestive of poetry
your description of the sun setting over the Grand Canyon was a particularly poetic piece of writing
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Recent Examples of poetic
Occasionally, poetic English text is blended into the score.
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Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
Ahmed, 42, waxes poetic while behind the wheel, speeding against traffic.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
As Hedges waxed poetic about Cantillo’s outing, Cantillo tried to hold back a smile.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
One particularly poetic example?
—Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
Ahmed, 42, waxes poetic while behind the wheel, speeding against traffic.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
As Hedges waxed poetic about Cantillo’s outing, Cantillo tried to hold back a smile.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
One particularly poetic example?
—Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for poetic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poetic
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Svelte yet heavy, Clipse’s latest sees all their phonetic and poetical gifts rendered to subtly maximal effect, with their lithe vocals cresting Pharrell’s glossy surfaces like snowfall.—
Peter A. Berry,
Variety,
11 July 2025
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Through the map, like the ship, Pace argues, time, space, and place are linked to cultural, personal, poetical, and political memory.—
Abby Clayton,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Apr. 2025
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Other stars who will be vying for a golden gramophone alongside Bad Bunny include Colombian pop star Karol G, Argentinian hip-hop duo CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso and Latin icons including Alejandro Sanz, Gloria Estefan and lyrical soprano, Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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Her diaries, two volumes of which have been published, reveal a wonderful writer, lyrical and self-lacerating.—
Anahid Nersessian,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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The American academy has been far more used to a confessionalistic, even solipsistic style in its lyric poetry.—
Elaine L. Wang
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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The lyric change brought immediate screams inside Estadio River Plate and across the Swift world.—
Doha Madani,
NBC news,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Poetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poetic. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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