formalist
Example Sentences
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She is, the argument goes, a poet for the moms and the mushy-hearted, for readers with no formalist inclinations, for those more interested in enjoyment than enjambment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
In the 51-page, partially redacted document, Sir Peter said Harry's lawyers had taken "an inappropriate, formalist interpretation of the Ravec process".
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2024
Outkast met at Fulton County’s Tri-Cities High in the early ’90s, where André’s Prince-inspired bohemianism complemented Big Boi’s more formalist but ambitious rapping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
At the opposite end of the accessibility spectrum, there’s the severe German formalist Angela Schanelec’s “Music,” a beautifully composed but extraordinarily opaque riff on Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
As far a formalist from wisdom sits, In judging eyes, as libertines from wits.
From The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 by Edward Young
