plaintive
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Plaintive female vocals adorn the soundtrack, and Valentina Caniglia’s clean, precise images pull light into dark corners.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2020
Plaintive notes about sorry conditions and the aftermath of battle still ring with horror.
From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2016
Plaintive strings from Iran give way to a charging medley of Vietnamese bells.
From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2015
Half-heard melodies in a darkened room, they explore the sounds a single instrument can make, from the screeching slides of No 5, Chromatically Saucy, to the plangent beauty of No 19, Plaintive Tune.
From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2012
Down her course a serpent star Coils and shatters at her heels; Peals the horn exulting, peals Plaintive, is it near or far.
From Poems — Volume 3 by Meredith, George
Vocabulary lists containing plaintive
Grade 11, List 1
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Night
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