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plangent

[plan-juhnt] / ˈplæn dʒənt /


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Where are the movie stars and pop icons with their beautifully produced plangent video pleas for justice?

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 12, 2026

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 Dec. 22, 2025

The column in which this plangent cri de coeur appeared bears the subtle title “More Babies, Please.”

From Washington Post Apr. 27, 2023

Alex ended up credited as a guitarist and arranger on two tracks from Ocean’s “Blonde”: the plangent, pitch-shifted “Self Control” and the diffuse “White Ferrari.”

From New York Times Sep. 9, 2022

One evening, camped at the edge of a deep wood, Tristran heard something he had never heard before: a beautiful melody, plangent and strange.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman




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