pathos

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Even the sequences of obvious pathos are earned, over and over again.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

Emma Grimsley’s soprano had the necessary brightness and coloratura flexibility for Manon, but her monochromatic timbre missed the character’s pathos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

But to her credit, Ms. Coon never turns the character into a wild-eyed hysteric or a manipulated figure of pure pathos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

There is romance, drama, pathos and the verbal berating of hotel staff and music video directors.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025

There were so many questions they wanted to ask, but even Drave, the explosionist, felt the pathos of the moment and held his tongue.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor