plangency
Example Sentences
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His piano sound tends to the percussive, achieving a relatively thin but tactile plangency.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 26, 2016
He was at his most captivating in the aria “Wenn der Freude Tränen Fliessen,” which he endowed with expressive plangency.
From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2016
In fact, her work — notwithstanding its overall plangency — could initially be mistaken for light verse.
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2016
At 89, he retains the boyish spark in his tenor, and a remarkable degree of the plangency.
From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2015
Her voice had a pleasant plangency, a quality of more yet to come and as if the wells of her vitality were far from drained.
From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie
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