plangent
Example Sentences
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Where are the movie stars and pop icons with their beautifully produced plangent video pleas for justice?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026
The column in which this plangent cri de coeur appeared bears the subtle title “More Babies, Please.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2023
He plays subtext beautifully in “Spiderhead,” with plangent notes of regret.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2022
Jennifer Johnson Cano’s mezzo-soprano was smoothly plangent as Emilia; the tenor Pene Pati was a sweetly ingenuous Cassio.
From New York Times • May 22, 2022
As the forest’s warning became louder, more plangent and strident, William’s buoyant mood shivered, quailed, and fled like a routed army from the field.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
