poignance
Example Sentences
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It’s also a movie that, while full of poignance, is as lushly and uniquely imaginative as his earlier masterworks, like “Spirited Away” or “Kiki’s Delivery Service.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
The set was as delightfully bratty and hooky as you’d expect, with the added poignance of watching a band that beat both cancer and an expensive UFO-hunting hobby running at full steam again.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2023
Williams’ announcement had particular poignance given that she stepped away from tennis last year, saying she had to in order to have a second child.
From Washington Times ● May 1, 2023
In the wake of DiNizio's untimely death in 2017, "The Lost Album" takes on a special poignance.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2022
Yet always in the main he had color, beauty, emotion, poignance when necessary.
From Twelve Men by Theodore Dreiser
