poignance
noun
poi·gnance
ˈpȯi-nyən(t)s 
sometimes ˈpȯi(g)-nən(t)s
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there's a mean-spirited poignance to the novel's satiric portrait of Hollywood
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This reader, with at least 50 years more in corporeal form than Ching, could not help but rapidly identify with her wisdom and experience the poignance of her story.
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BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
The wild-eyed goofy younger Springsteen cracks through, but never lightly, always with poignance.
—Christopher Borrelli, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2023
In this book, however, her collages produce not surprise or poignance but a sense of cutting and pasting, of breathless summary.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
In honor of the occasion, Porchlight snagged the historic Studebaker Theater and filmed the show all around venue, out front and backstage, distancing the young performers but also capturing a lot of the poignance of this lonely moment of sad, empty theaters.
—Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 19 Nov. 2020
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BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
The wild-eyed goofy younger Springsteen cracks through, but never lightly, always with poignance.
—Christopher Borrelli, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2023
In this book, however, her collages produce not surprise or poignance but a sense of cutting and pasting, of breathless summary.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
In honor of the occasion, Porchlight snagged the historic Studebaker Theater and filmed the show all around venue, out front and backstage, distancing the young performers but also capturing a lot of the poignance of this lonely moment of sad, empty theaters.
—Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 19 Nov. 2020
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“Poignance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poignance. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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