profundity
Example Sentences
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But the forced profundity of the “Butterfly” script undermines the film’s enthralling sense of atmosphere, which drips with melancholy, menace and wonder.
From New York Times
Today, Nelson stands as one of the greatest songwriters we’ll ever know — a lyricist with a singular gift for unfancy profundity, and a singer who can turn time into a plaything.
From Washington Post
"I'm not sure how many people will appreciate the profundity of what I've just said, but it is extremely significant."
From Reuters
Perhaps I’m finding a kind of enigmatic profundity where Ocean wasn’t consciously putting any.
From Los Angeles Times
That is until a man from Florida had told me that it was not worth anything, let alone my time, to rest my eyes the profundity dripping from every sentence of the 1937 novel.
From Salon
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