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Recent Examples of poetical For armchair travelers and avid trip planners alike, Wine & Travel Italy evokes the spirit of Bel Paese (Beautiful Country), the popular poetical appellative for Italy. Laura Manske, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 There is a real dangerous poetical syndrome sweeping America that must be cured. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 28 Jan. 2024 After all these years, your name still lights a flame in the poetical mind — to set those two syllables to rhyme, to music, to anything! Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2024 And Davies’ approach has always been more poetical than technical. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for poetical
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poetical
Adjective
  • The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) has named multidisciplinary artist Nilbar Güreş, known for her humorous, poetic, yet critical works commenting on social topics, as Turkey’s representative to the Sixty-First Venice Biennale, set to take place May 9–November 22, 2026.
    News Desk, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In this poetic portrait of a woman in limbo, haunting memories begin to resurface of Grace’s past life and her disappearing homeland—the island nation of Kiribati.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • With lyrical mastery and intimate storytelling, Limón’s poetry reveals new ways of paying attention.
    Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Herzog brings his signature style to his latest work as the quest to find photo evidence of the creatures evolves into a philosophical and lyrical reflection on the search for knowledge and certainty.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The lyric change comes after TMZ reported there might already be another woman in Urban’s life.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The 89-minute film also featured the pop superstar giving descriptions of each song before lyric videos for the new tracks.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Poetical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poetical. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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