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your description of the sun setting over the Grand Canyon was a particularly poetic piece of writing
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Dermatologists wax poetic about changing your skin care routine with the seasons.
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Mary Honkus, Glamour, 15 Mar. 2025
On Monday, a beaming Jarrett Stidham waxed poetic on his relationship with Broncos quarterback Bo Nix — telling a team reporter that Nix had invited him to work a football camp next weekend in Alabama and the two went on vacation together.
—Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2025
As one of the foundational poetic texts of Western literature, the story follows Odysseus, King of Ithaca on his dangerous journey home after the Trojan war.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
Like its poetic English-language title, the allegorical tale can be a little confusing to interpret at times, but looks striking in its line-free illustrative style.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
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Mary Honkus, Glamour, 15 Mar. 2025
On Monday, a beaming Jarrett Stidham waxed poetic on his relationship with Broncos quarterback Bo Nix — telling a team reporter that Nix had invited him to work a football camp next weekend in Alabama and the two went on vacation together.
—Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2025
As one of the foundational poetic texts of Western literature, the story follows Odysseus, King of Ithaca on his dangerous journey home after the Trojan war.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
Like its poetic English-language title, the allegorical tale can be a little confusing to interpret at times, but looks striking in its line-free illustrative style.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for poetic
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“Poetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poetic. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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poetic
adjective
po·et·ic
pō-ˈet-ik 
1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of poets or poetry
poetic words
2
: written in verse
poetical
adjective
-i-kəl
poetically
adverb
-k(ə-)lē
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