How to Use poetic in a Sentence

poetic

adjective
  • Those are the poetic parts of the book.
    — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Then there are the names, as poetic as the sagas behind them.
    — Mary Winston Nicklin, Washington Post, 17 June 2022
  • Want to hear more from me waxing poetic on the show’s foibles?
    — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2020
  • There are other things to wax poetic about.
    — Vincent Acovino, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
  • To be able to set poetic prose to music and move the masses is not easy.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2021
  • Maybe an outsider would call it poetic.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Hunt waxed poetic for a couple of hours about the virtues of soccer.
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2021
  • That came close to being a poetic point, but on the other hand…no.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
  • So her first son killing the second son is also kind of poetic in that way.
    — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026
  • There is something so pleasing and poetic to me about wild birds.
    — Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Sometimes the siren call of poetic irony is just too hard to ignore.
    — Laura Bradley, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
  • To be sure, there’s not much going on to rouse that kind of poetic passion.
    — Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The doc's trailer is a poetic two-minute watch just by itself.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 28 June 2020
  • The black and white films could be poetic or picturesque, but were never pulpy.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2024
  • Yep, still one of the most poetic, simple, and catchy country tunes around.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Bay living was poetic but rugged.
    — Steven Rosenfeld, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
  • As a metaphor for the decline of a decades-old hotel of this size, the dish is both blunt and poetic.
    — Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
  • My mom still waxes poetic about the smell of tomatoes and the spring air in Iran.
    — Sara Li, ELLE, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Plus, there is something poetic about being able to catch a bit of art on a trip to the grocery.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2021
  • Her narration was a poetic plea for change.
    — Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • Ameer’s stories are not loud but told in the most subtle and poetic ways and are deeply touching.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
  • There is something poetic, of course, in the oral tradition that makes use of rhythms and sounds.
    — David Conrads, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Valentin Guiot, the director, brings a poetic touch to his work.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 6 June 2025
  • How poetic that the same arm should deliver both pitches.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The words are poetic and lyrical, the music a tender mix of melancholy and hope at the same time.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2022
  • There was something almost poetic about that.
    — Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2026
  • A lot of people have a rare and poetic transformation in the woods.
    — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Check this one out for the poetic prose and the mouth-watering recipes that are integral to the plot.
    — Washington Post, 27 May 2021
  • The line break is one of the most fundamental poetic devices there is.
    — Literary Hub august 25, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
  • But what's more poetic to me is how Steph Curry moves without the ball.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 14 Nov. 2021

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