poetically
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He’s just bracingly honest and notoriously wobbly when asked to verbalize the significance of everything and anything — from his poetically dense lyricism to the whole of his revered music career.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
In sections titled “Cherish,” “Perfect,” “Consider,” “Savor,” “Purify” and “Harmonize,” Ms. Kondo poetically skips through ideas and customs ubiquitous in Japanese culture.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
"Martin has never been the most poetically complex of lyricists," added The Telegraph's Neil McCormick, but "does the world really need" songs that sound "like Instagram self-help slogans?"
From BBC • Oct. 4, 2024
For three millennia, Jews have invoked a “return” to Jerusalem from exile and a deliverance from “the Lord of time, history and justice” poetically and ritually, but not always really.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2024
There it was: the delicately arched eyebrow, the waves of brown hair cascading poetically over that intelligent forehead....No doubt he was busy thinking up plot twists even now....
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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