poetry in motion

noun phrase

: someone or something that moves in a way that is very graceful or beautiful
He is poetry in motion when he catches and throws the ball.

Examples of poetry in motion in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Jalen Brunson turns high degree of difficulty shots into poetry in motion, and even a stingy Boston Celtics defensive backcourt couldn’t keep the Knicks All-Star out of the scoring column. Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2024 Watching the mill operator slicing through logs is noisy poetry in motion. Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2024 In flight, these massive birds are poetry in motion. Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023

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“Poetry in motion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poetry%20in%20motion. Accessed 4 Oct. 2024.

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