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poeticized

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verb

past tense of poeticize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for poeticized
Adjective
  • Blending his poetic narration with arresting cinematography and street photography, Kim Watson’s documentary TRESPASS captures five years inside Los Angeles’ unhoused communities — revealing the resilience, dignity, and humanity of those forced to the margins of the American Dream.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The most traditional poetic forms are repetitive, with strict rhyme schemes and meter, but newer interpretations are also built around repetition, relying on slant rhymes, refrains, alliteration, and more.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The air smells damp and jungly (in the best possible way) and is sweetened with a hint of frangipani.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Meats are juicy and tender; vegetables are caramelized and subtly sweetened.
    Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • There are ones who are more ideological, others more poetical.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • Richter’s market has proved durable even as demand for postwar painting has softened at the top end.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The light softened toward sunset, an evening echo of the same violet sky that hovered over Julian at the start of the day.
    Josh Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The life of the rural region is framed in airy and luminous wide-screen images that recur with a lyrical vision of vast arcs of time amid dramatic social change.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The greatest adjustment in Cornfield’s new music is her lyrical framing.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Al-Khwārizmī lived in Sappho Sappho was a Greek lyric poet greatly admired in all ages for the beauty of her writing style.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The music video clip, as well as the lyric video, feature photos of McCartney in his younger years, including some with Lennon.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • These observations come the day after Meghan posted idealized, influencer-style images of her children celebrating Easter by running around their lush Montecito garden, hunting for Easter eggs.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Practices often idealized for their organic nature can still have environmental impacts if they are not properly implemented.
    Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026
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“Poeticized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poeticized. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.

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