plangency
Example Sentences
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The soft passages have fairy-tale delicacy; his outpourings, a robust plangency reminiscent of his more extroverted roles.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2023
His piano sound tends to the percussive, achieving a relatively thin but tactile plangency.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 26, 2016
In fact, her work — notwithstanding its overall plangency — could initially be mistaken for light verse.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2016
But Led Zeppelin tunes formed the backbone of the show, bringing out not only the most roisterous crowd response but also a higher order of plangency and presence from Mr. Plant.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2014
From the wet pools began the cold and melancholy fluting of the frogs, the voice of solitude, and under the plangency of it she found the tears running down her cheeks.
From Hoof and Claw by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
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