: full of or expressing feeling or emotion
soulful music
soulfulness
noun
Examples of soulful in a Sentence
a handsome actor with soulful eyes
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Borisov, so wonderful as the soulful Russian miner in Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen’s Compartment No. 6, plays the character’s sensitivity by stealth degrees, through to a closing scene that’s intentionally awkward but genuinely moving.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2024
The United States Cavalry arrives eventually to help pick up the pieces; one of their numbers is a soulful young first lieutenant played by Sam Worthington.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 21 May 2024
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2024
The United States Cavalry arrives eventually to help pick up the pieces; one of their numbers is a soulful young first lieutenant played by Sam Worthington.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 21 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for soulful
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“Soulful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soulful. Accessed 24 May. 2024.
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