bardic
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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A second work shows them coming together to sing Welsh Gorsedd bardic prayers, written in the 18th Century as a reimagining of a Welsh culture lost to colonialism.
From BBC • Sep. 28, 2021
“She’s a brilliant writer about social mores, but she believes that her gift is a kind of bardic one, where she can access the truth of—particularly—female emotion.”
From The New Yorker • Oct. 7, 2019
Certainly the married Stevens led a largely stolid, suburban existence, especially when contrasted with the bardic exuberance of, say, Dylan Thomas.
From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2016
Moreover, if we unplugged new technologies every time we realized they could be mishandled, someone would be singing this article to you over a bardic harp.
From Slate • Nov. 4, 2014
Bouts of fighting will last the whole day, broken up by bardic performances, a few feats of clever magic, displays of archery, and other skills.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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