as in to soften
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Recent Examples of poeticize
The internet certainly doesn’t poeticize it for me.
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Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 29 Aug. 2019
Santo Loquasto's set doesn't poeticize the ambience.
—Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 10 May 2018
Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 29 Aug. 2019
Santo Loquasto's set doesn't poeticize the ambience.
—Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 10 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poeticize
Verb
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In a December call, the Pope lobbied Biden to soften death-row sentences for convicts.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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Grapes are chilled after picking for 24 hours to soften grape skins before whole cluster fermentation.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
Verb
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She's also sweetened her nail look significantly, opting for a soft pink manicure with what appears to be some 3D dewy details.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
12 Apr. 2025
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In older adults, there appeared to be no obvious link between the consumption of drinks sweetened with sugar or artificial flavourings and poorer mental health outcomes.—
Rosie McCall,
Discover Magazine,
8 Apr. 2025
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Those words euphemize a cascade of traumas that have befallen higher education since Inauguration Day.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2025
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Later, their sad parts were endlessly euphemized until they could be mistaken for happy endings.—
Harmony Holiday,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2023
Verb
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Apocalypse Now might fit into that Truffaut problem that sometimes is identified with war films, which is that cinema likes to romanticize and seduce.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
16 Apr. 2025
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Unlike other shows about the elite, The White Lotus doesn't romanticize luxury.—
Kevin Sabet,
Newsweek,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Poeticize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poeticize. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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