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.
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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.
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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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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 7 May. 2025.
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