: full of or expressing feeling or emotion
soulful music
soulfulness
noun
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a handsome actor with soulful eyes
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The likelihood is that this high state of flow could only come from someone who’s taken on what is for them a remarkably hard task and found the work immersive, even soulful.
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Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
There’s something so soulful about D’Angelo.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
Humanity seeped and shone through non-actors interacting with actors, always under the wise and soulful gaze of Fernanda Montenegro.
—Alejandro González Iñárritu, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Before Smith took the stage, Abraham Alexander, one of White Claw’s Next Wave Artists, set the tone with his soulful vocals and groove-heavy sound, getting the crowd ready for a night to remember.
—Quincy Green, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
There’s something so soulful about D’Angelo.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
Humanity seeped and shone through non-actors interacting with actors, always under the wise and soulful gaze of Fernanda Montenegro.
—Alejandro González Iñárritu, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Before Smith took the stage, Abraham Alexander, one of White Claw’s Next Wave Artists, set the tone with his soulful vocals and groove-heavy sound, getting the crowd ready for a night to remember.
—Quincy Green, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
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 19 Oct. 2025.
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