plangent

[plan-juhnt] / ˈplæn dʒənt /

ADJECTIVE

resonant

Synonyms

WEAK

beating booming clangorous consonant deep deep-toned earsplitting echoing electrifying enhanced full heightened intensified loud mellow noisy orotund powerful profound pulsating pulsing resounding reverberant reverberating rich ringing roaring rotund round sonorant sonorous stentorian strident thrilling throbbing thundering thunderous vibrant

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As the Choreographer, Megan Moore’s plangent mezzo was especially effective in her mourning aria; soprano Whitney Morrison was dramatic as the Performance Artist, the only member of the creative quintet who sees what is coming.

From The Wall Street Journal

But they are also plangently individual, yearning to harmonize their fates with their true selves.

From The Wall Street Journal

In an era of plangent indie rock, they were the studied, intricate eccentrics.

From New York Times

Adjuah sings in a keening, plangent tone, but at one point he pauses to offer a spoken invitation: “Listen to the wind,” he says.

From New York Times

A clear highlight was “Amelia,” a plangent, airy meditation on freedom and flight.

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