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poignance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | poignancy |
| Type of | sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness |
| Derivation | poignant |
Examples of poignance
poignance
A special poignance clings to the critic's plea, so reasonable only 16 years ago.
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As Capote's simple-minded cousin, Geraldine Page acts with unforced poignance.
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Though the film is quiet about it too, we feel her pain, share the poignance.
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Thus there is no sense of either exhilaration or poignance in her departure.
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What gives Crowe's story poignance is his background as a teenage working journalist.
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So the new episodes don't have the old complexity, messiness and poignance.
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Obama, a master of poignance, can also be devastatingly funny in the appropriate setting.
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Carney and his fellow actors create sporadic moments of ringing laughter and poignance.
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Benedict's visit to Israel is also imbued with a certain poignance because he is German.
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- A state of deeply felt distress or sorrow; "a moment of extraordinary poignancy"
