poignance

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Some entries will take on added poignance, Frémaux noted, due to current events.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2024

Williams’ announcement had particular poignance given that she stepped away from tennis last year, saying she had to in order to have a second child.

From Washington Times • May 1, 2023

"Pattie Boyd: My Life in Pictures" provides readers with a feast of images, to be sure, but the book takes on a special poignance when it comes to her longstanding association with the Quiet Beatle.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2022

But, sadly, I don’t have time to write a 21st century Ulysses, and my poignance peaks with a picture of a sandwich.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2022

It is therefore easily to be understood that whatever other emotions connect themselves with satisfied expectation are at their ideal poignance in the case of rhythm.

From The Psychology of Beauty by Howes, Ethel Dench Puffer