How to Use stylistic in a Sentence

stylistic

adjective
  • There are a number of stylistic changes in the new car.
  • The film has many unique stylistic choices.
    — Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2025
  • This shift is not merely stylistic.
    — Kenneth Zagacki, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Both patterns are a bold stylistic choice that don't take too much styling to stand out.
    — María Munsuri, Glamour, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Burnley are a side on their own stylistic journey.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The two share a vampy, sexy, sensual stylistic code.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 4 Jan. 2026
  • That was a very important stylistic choice.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The film is alive with stylistic playfulness.
    — Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Maytag has come a long way from its rather bland stylistic offerings of old.
    — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 June 2023
  • The album is made up of many moods and expands on Björk’s stylistic range.
    — Wendy Kaur, ELLE, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The group was not concerned with stylistic heritage, only the here and now.
    — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2019
  • This is an episode that owes more than a small stylistic and thematic debt to Lost.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2021
  • Pearls and pocket squares were the stylistic nods to the occasion.
    — Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2022
  • All three shows are among the most prestigious options in a field that runs the stylistic gamut.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 2 May 2026
  • Monáe's album shares the stylistic breadth of Jackson's as well.
    — Mikael Wood, latimes.com, 29 Apr. 2018
  • Kirkwood uses the second half to take wilder stylistic swings.
    — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 13 June 2024
  • The problem is not merely stylistic.
    — Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
  • There was no shortage of stylistic tips at the conference.
    — Meg Kinnard, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • At the same time, there was a sort of huge stylistic trend of women of color dyeing their hair blonde.
    — Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 24 July 2018
  • Threapleton, 25, opted for a stylistic homage, not a re-use of the dress.
    — Sarah Sotoodeh, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Their four slim dobby stripes add a stylistic flourish to the WC.
    — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 9 June 2020
  • The stylistic choices made the campaign feel like a storybook come to life.
    — Star Tribune, 17 Mar. 2021
  • The top three teams were a demonstration in how diverse and stylistic the sport of ice dance has become.
    — Time, 20 Feb. 2018
  • The direction for the overall stylistic and tonal approach came from the script.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Often there is a kind of stylistic hangover from the previous project.
    — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The most ready, but actually seems to be the most stylistic misfit.
    — Art De Roché, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
  • This was true of the other works, too — a feature of the program’s stylistic sameness.
    — Siobhan Burke, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
  • But even here, Wilde’s stylistic choices can veer from shrewd to overly studied.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 19 June 2026
  • The second reason was stylistic.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
  • These are not stylistic differences.
    — Goran Paun, Forbes.com, 5 Mar. 2026

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