Example Sentences

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I was assigned the folkloristic “Federigo,” about a gambler who tricks his way into heaven, worked hard on my English version — and then saw all my hopes dashed.

From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2020

There’s little here of the visceral drama of Mullova and Salonen’s recording or of the quirky folkloristic angularity of Zehetmair and Fischer’s.

From Washington Post • Oct. 8, 2015

Rather, an extraordinarily rich and original visual culture emerged, a Mexican modernism that was as distinct as the energy it drew on: carnivalesque, savage, folkloristic, macabre.

From The Guardian • Jun. 29, 2013