as in passionate
full of or expressing feeling or emotion
soulful music a soulful performer a handsome actor with soulful eyes
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Recent Examples of soulful
From Echoes of the Nile, there is a deeper connection to history, earth, mineral tones, and timeless cultural references, something more soulful and atmospheric.
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Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2026
The soulful singer, known for her powerful voice and dynamic stage presence, said the recognition from her hometown meant even more than industry accolades.
—Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
Looking toward the horizon, the American backyard is undergoing a radical transformation, shedding the high-maintenance, rigid aesthetics of the past in favor of something far more soulful and secluded.
—Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
Like Dijon, svn4vr uses a dexterous, soulful rasp to fight for emotional truth from within songs that occupy shifting senses of space and bear the seams of digital assembly.
—H.d. Angel, Pitchfork, 9 Apr. 2026
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Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2026
The soulful singer, known for her powerful voice and dynamic stage presence, said the recognition from her hometown meant even more than industry accolades.
—Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
Looking toward the horizon, the American backyard is undergoing a radical transformation, shedding the high-maintenance, rigid aesthetics of the past in favor of something far more soulful and secluded.
—Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
Like Dijon, svn4vr uses a dexterous, soulful rasp to fight for emotional truth from within songs that occupy shifting senses of space and bear the seams of digital assembly.
—H.d. Angel, Pitchfork, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soulful
Adjective
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Law enforcement made passionate pleas for parents and children alike to take gun safety more seriously.—
Holly Yan,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2026
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The latter is a nonstarter, given that Baker is a passionate defender of cinemas.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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That's why loving couples create space to revisit what didn't sit right with them during the week, without fear or judgment.—
Mark Travers,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2026
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Landon is a kind, loving, and thoughtful child with a wonderful sense of humor.—
MARE Staff,
Boston Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The area that would bear the president’s name has been subject to some of the most intense fighting of the modern age, with tens of thousands of Ukrainian and Russian troops killed in the Donbas over the past few years.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Apr. 2026
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What keeps it from feeling too intense or drying for combination skin is the cushion of tea tree leaf water, which helps calm inflammation.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Paul, who co-created the Apple TV+ series and drew from season one for the musical’s script and score, performs a dexterous trick, poking fun at the form’s many ridiculous tropes with an unmistakably affectionate hand.—
Naveen Kumar,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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All the films are affectionate, most are light-hearted and often comical.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In the nineties, hip-hop was toughening up the sound of American popular music; Jackson, fey and theatrical, seemed increasingly distant from the cultural mainstream.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The Musical, which soft open in Chicago before heading to Broadway, but ground-breaking productions that went on to change the nation's theatrical course.—
Dana Kozlov,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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But with warm weather and wildfire season ahead, community leaders would prefer to see a full reservoir even if the water isn’t suitable for drinking.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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The 2026 allergy season is objectively worse than last year’s, driven by warmer temperatures and rising CO2 levels pushing plants to produce more pollen than ever before.—
Allison Palmer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Soulful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soulful. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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