How to Use cinematic in a Sentence

cinematic

adjective
  • That goes for this past year’s grimmest cinematic trend too.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
  • There are so many cinematic treats at work.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
  • There is a great deal of cinematic wealth here that has been very tapped into.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2024
  • What cinematic treats await before the end of the year?
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Please tell me a bit more about your cinematic language.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2026
  • Hawaii is blessed with some of the most cinematic hiking trails on the planet.
    — Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2025
  • But while the film is a cinematic time capsule of sorts, its core themes still feel urgent.
    — Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 May 2023
  • Every frame is crafted with care and love for the cinematic form.
    — Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 20 Mar. 2026
  • For me, the Capri bob has something very cinematic about it.
    — Vanessa Santos, Glamour, 1 June 2026
  • My first vlogs were very cinematic and very like eight to 10 minutes.
    — Frederick Daso, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
  • That image felt deeply cinematic to me.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
  • All his music videos are quite cinematic.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 24 Feb. 2026
  • So, the job was about how to deal with that, how to give the story a cinematic quality and scale.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2024
  • At least not in the clean, cinematic way people imagine.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 10 Apr. 2026
  • But some of the cinematic references seemed to have gone over the heads of the British press.
    — Jolie Lash, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Kauai is arguably the most cinematic of the islands.
    — David Dickstein, Oc Register, 17 June 2026
  • In that case, the cinematic story was almost part of the problem, right?
    — Brendan O'Meara, Longreads, 10 May 2022
  • Floor-to-ceiling windows frame the pier and the ocean in cinematic detail.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 23 May 2026
  • And the video of the Satellite wreck was cinematic, Gates said.
    — Lauren McCarthy, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
  • The moment had a cinematic air.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
  • And Langa is ready to bring us more cinematic stories.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
  • His brief cameo, filmed before his retirement, now stands as his cinematic farewell.
    — Hannah Parry amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Even the scandals are tinged with cinematic drama.
    — Hillary Richard, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The city has long occupied a cinematic place, straddling its gauzy past and a dark, rainy future.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Memes and emojis were the starting point, but memes are not very cinematic, and emojis are very static.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Hemsworth’s first great cinematic love falls into a very different genre.
    — Redazione People, Vanity Fair, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Beabadoobee is back — and more cinematic than ever.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Grief feels cinematic even in microdoses, even at the kitchen counter.
    — Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 21 Jan. 2026
  • But his more recent works, which the ballet mostly draws from, are more melodic and cinematic in scope.
    — Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2026
  • Something that’s cinematic and large and sweeping and all of that, but authentic to it.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'cinematic.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: