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

Alex ended up credited as a guitarist and arranger on two tracks from Ocean’s “Blonde”: the plangent, pitch-shifted “Self Control” and the diffuse “White Ferrari.”

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2022

He plays subtext beautifully in “Spiderhead,” with plangent notes of regret.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2022

One evening, camped at the edge of a deep wood, Tristran heard something he had never heard before: a beautiful melody, plangent and strange.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman