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Recent Examples of poetical 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 The Wingfield family’s repressions are bound to boil over, but they are lulled into stasis by Williams’ poetical eloquence. David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for poetical
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Adjective
  • This poetic gem is a journey from the weight of absence to the serenity of presence, thanks in no small part to the inquisitive, gifted woman pulled from obscurity: Sheila Turner-Seed, whose life was short but full and worth revitalizing.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
  • Emotions get so strong that the characters shift into new modes of expression like a visual form of poetic realism.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • More specifically, tracks from his 2011 debut mixtape House of Balloons were delivered with the urgency and conviction of that same mysterious musician with a penchant for lyrical tawdriness.
    Candace McDuffie, VIBE.com, 6 June 2025
  • There’s seemingly not much back-and-forth on the lyrical themes or specifics.
    Katherine Turman, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
Adjective
  • Kate Beckinsale debuted a new tattoo in honor of her late father, Richard Beckinsale Richard died in 1979 when the actress was 5 years old Her arm tattoo features a David Bowie lyric Kate Beckinsale is honoring her late dad.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 5 June 2025
  • As the Duke, René Barbera, a light and agreeably lyric tenor, goes his own way.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025

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“Poetical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poetical. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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