poignant

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Grammys night is sure to deliver top-notch performances, in-your-face fashion, a few poignant moments -- and maybe even some music history.

From Barron's

She also nailed her poignant portrayal of a grieving, angry therapist in the second season of “The Last of Us.”

From Salon

Among the more poignant moments, Charles laments the loss of wildlife at Highgrove, noting when he first moved in there nearly five decades ago he would hear cuckoos and see grasshoppers.

From Barron's

The rabbi said the attack, which happened on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar, made this year's Holocaust Memorial Day "more poignant".

From BBC

One of the book’s most poignant moments comes from a letter Short penned to her fiancé, Matt Gordon, an aviator who died before the two were married.

From Los Angeles Times