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

But Led Zeppelin tunes formed the backbone of the show, bringing out not only the most roisterous crowd response but also a higher order of plangency and presence from Mr. Plant.

From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2014

From the wet pools began the cold and melancholy fluting of the frogs, the voice of solitude, and under the plangency of it she found the tears running down her cheeks.

From Hoof and Claw by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir