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

At 89, he retains the boyish spark in his tenor, and a remarkable degree of the plangency.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2015

Her voice had a pleasant plangency, a quality of more yet to come and as if the wells of her vitality were far from drained.

From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie