poetic
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It would be a poetic way to bow out, whether the title is won or not.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Dante Alighieri's Inferno may contain more than religious symbolism and poetic imagination.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
“It felt like all of these emotional arcs and themes in my life and poetic moments that had just happened were clicking into place.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
She sang open-throated declarations, recited broken poetic verses, scatted with the authority of a jazz singer, moaned with bluesy intent, and occasionally let loose an unbridled shriek or giggle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
My mother hadn’t reached into her poetic soul and dreamt me up a name.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Vocabulary lists containing poetic
English Words Derived from French, List 1
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Writing - Middle School
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