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
The former, a poetic choice, refers to a piece of writing that has been erased and written over multiple times.
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Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
There’s something poetic about that image.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 22 Oct. 2025
Along with Sterling Brown, Hughes is credited with transforming the rich musical tradition of the blues into a standardized poetic form.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Aiste Zegulyte has a rare ability to explore complex ideas with poetic precision and visual courage.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
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Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
There’s something poetic about that image.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 22 Oct. 2025
Along with Sterling Brown, Hughes is credited with transforming the rich musical tradition of the blues into a standardized poetic form.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Aiste Zegulyte has a rare ability to explore complex ideas with poetic precision and visual courage.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 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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The boys are now competitive dancers, doing jazz, tap and lyrical ballet, and Donoghue keeps in touch with many of the performers, sending them Christmas cards and messaging them on Facebook.—
Shannon Pettypiece,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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Keith Urban's romantic lyrical liberties are to be taken very lightly — so says the country singer amid his divorce from Hollywood superstar Nicole Kidman.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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Keith Urban is setting the record straight after fans analyzed his lyric swaps post-Nicole Kidman split.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Nowadays, the musician is encouraging fans to stop reading into his lyric changes.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Poetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poetic. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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