poignancy
Example Sentences
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Seven years later, revisiting the poem has carried an added poignancy.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
But the live performances found poignancy in the city’s spirit as a music town.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
Many of the differences in the characters’ destinies have been due to circumstances beyond their control, and perhaps their choices have been likewise inevitable, though the payoff is a poignancy that enriches the comedy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
From there, Gunn’s curated playlist, featuring bands like Hardcore Superstar, Cruel Intentions and Ida Maria, musically narrates each installment’s operatic heroics and slapstick violence, or adds poignancy to Chris’ bouts of crushingly low self-esteem.
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025
The last time of anything has the poignancy of death itself.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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