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poignancy

noun as in intensity

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noun as in emotion

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It’s sweet and serious, and as the series goes on, knockabout comedy makes room for poignancy.

Singer Art Garfunkel, who with Paul Simon provided a 1960s soundtrack for baby boomers, delivers poignancy if not vocal perfection in Costa Mesa.

There’s an immense poignancy to such moments, literally watching history moving out of sight.

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A Coventry event on Saturday, involving a gig with local bands, will add poignancy, organisers say, given the city's history of brutal racist killings and violent assaults.

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These existential musings may account for the gauzy, melancholy mood that informs the songs of “Que Llueva Tequila” — a prism that adds poignancy to his singing.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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