plaintive

Example Sentences

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But the more time you spend tracing the relationships embedded in her work, the more all-encompassing the ambiguous, plaintive declaration “What Is Psychedelic” becomes.

From New York Times

The last track, “Leave Me Again,” is just her voice and acoustic guitar, plaintive and hopeful.

From New York Times

Jason Robert Brown composes a stirringly lush, operatic score of intense marches and plaintive ballads for this horrific story, which is packed with pathos but not much drama.

From Washington Post

Old friends feel like strangers, she admits in a plaintive voice.

From New York Times

The president's plaintive is related to the sudden slowdown in demand for the vaccine, as supply now outweighs demand for the COVID-19 vaccines.

From Salon