plangency
Example Sentences
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He sings with huskiness and nimbleness, plangency and viscosity — sometimes all of these at once.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2022
His piano sound tends to the percussive, achieving a relatively thin but tactile plangency.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 26, 2016
He was at his most captivating in the aria “Wenn der Freude Tränen Fliessen,” which he endowed with expressive plangency.
From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2016
In fact, her work — notwithstanding its overall plangency — could initially be mistaken for light verse.
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2016
In addition to the plangency of his chord combinations, as such, his polyphonic skill is responsible for much of the solidity of his fabric.
From Edward MacDowell by Gilman, Lawrence
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