pathos

Example Sentences

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A subtle pathos, along with the playwright’s verbal sophistication, prevents the play from degenerating into a collegiate vaudeville.”

From Los Angeles Times

From its first season to its last, “Friends” has celebrated Thanksgiving with the hijinks, hilarity and occasional pathos it deserves.

From Los Angeles Times

But perhaps because of it, the Foos sound more focused than they have in a while, driven by a fresh sense of pathos and urgency.

From New York Times

They’re the ones who make you tear up in the middle of “John Wick 4” or at the end of your favorite episode of “Monk” — enterprises not typically associated with dramatic pathos.

From Los Angeles Times

Subtly and suggestively hung, it also shimmers with an unexpected fragility, disorienting the viewer with compounding evidence not only of creative brilliance but also of a careening pathos.

From Washington Post