poetic
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But the journey there is richly rendered through Harris’ poetic sensibility.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Dante Alighieri's Inferno may contain more than religious symbolism and poetic imagination.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
It is lost on me how he could square those poetic words with the decision he endorses in Callais.
From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026
Their presence may allude to the hymn “Panis Angelicus,” or “bread of angels,” written by St. Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century as a poetic reference to the presence of Christ in the consecrated host.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
I liked the image of Margo as a balloon, but I figured that in his urge for the poetic, the detective had seen more worry in me than the pang I’d actually felt.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
Vocabulary lists containing poetic
English Words Derived from French, List 1
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Poetry
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