cinematically
Americanadverb
Other Word Forms
- uncinematically adverb
Example Sentences
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“Out of Plain Sight” strives to be more cinematically alive than the standard talking-head-laden documentary.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
Written and directed by Scott Cooper from Warren Zanes’s 2023 book, the film sets out to capture two states of mind that are tricky to depict cinematically: depression and creativity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
Beginning in the 1920s, oil burst cinematically out of the ground at wells across the coastal South Bay and even into the Long Beach harbor.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2025
Drew’s fearless but illicit approach to filmmaking tracks the film itself: It’s aggressively self-indulgent, cinematically topsy-turvy and exhausting.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024
He’s also a politically agnostic crowd pleaser drawing influence from the old school – those large-scale performances with multiple outfit changes, each more cinematically grand than the next.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2024
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