plangent
Example Sentences
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She shushed her daughters, sloshing in nearby mud, so she could tease out the source of some plangent rumble.
From New York Times
In the three decades since his diagnosis, he has released about 100 records — gentle suites of forlorn melodies, relentless spans of plangent notes, and, most recently, sprawling drifts of ghostly tones.
From New York Times
Speaking from her home studio in London, a converted garden shed, she turned to that instrument to play a few plangent clusters of notes.
From New York Times
He plays subtext beautifully in “Spiderhead,” with plangent notes of regret.
From Los Angeles Times
He had a penchant for lightly plangent country, and lived in the long shadow of what was once called alternative rock.
From New York Times
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