plangency
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
He sings with huskiness and nimbleness, plangency and viscosity — sometimes all of these at once.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2022
His piano sound tends to the percussive, achieving a relatively thin but tactile plangency.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 26, 2016
In fact, her work — notwithstanding its overall plangency — could initially be mistaken for light verse.
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2016
At 89, he retains the boyish spark in his tenor, and a remarkable degree of the plangency.
From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2015
She was short of breath, so that her voice palpitated with a touching plangency that shook the man's heart.
From Alice of Old Vincennes by Thompson, Maurice
Vocabulary lists containing plangency
