poetic license
nounDefinition of poetic license
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The version of events painted on three walls of the 52-square-meter funerary chambers probably takes some poetic license with Capitolias' history. — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, "Ancient âcomic stripâ depicts the founding of a Roman city," 10 Oct. 2018 The Hannity's defenders may call that sarcasm or poetic license, but words are words. — Fox News, "Hannity: How we got to this point with North Korea," 9 June 2018 This suggests that McLain might have taken poetic license with some of the details of Gellhornâs life. — Wayne Catan, idahostatesman, "Novelist takes another look at Hemingwayâs loves, marriages | Idaho Statesman," 11 May 2018 What abides is a giddy awareness of history as a tale told by unreliable narrators, as well as the oddly comforting impression that senescence has its own poetic license. — Ben Brantley, New York Times, "Review: Screwball Eggheads Tear Up the Library in âTravestiesâ," 24 Apr. 2018 But the war on cancer is not the place for pep talks and poetic license. — Steve Salerno, WSJ, "In the War on Cancer, Truth Becomes a Casualty," 20 Apr. 2018 In the episode, Rufus refers to the play without saying its name, as a way to critique Millerâs poetic license. — Rachel Kaufman, Smithsonian, "Welcome to Salem, Witches: âTimelessâ Season 2, Episode 4, Recapped," 9 Apr. 2018 The production, directed by Neel Keller, carefully splits the difference between documentary objectivity and poetic license. — Jesse Green, New York Times, "Review: The Ghosts of Michael Brown, in âUntil the Floodâ," 18 Jan. 2018 That caricature is probably not terribly far from the truth, even if the film's fictionalized version of events sometimes seems to rely too heavily on poetic license to drive home its point: the love of money is the root of all evil. — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, "'All the Money in the World' movie review: Crime thriller offers both style, substance," 20 Dec. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'poetic license.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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