How to Use poignant in a Sentence

poignant

adjective

• The photograph was a poignant reminder of her childhood.
• The loved ones of the dead are not alone in their poignant laments.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 3 Aug. 2021
• What a sweet and poignant note to end this wild episode on.
  — EW.com, 29 Apr. 2020
• The nickname is a simple but poignant joke on the part of the villagers.
  — V.m. Braganza, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2023
• That just makes this story of first love all the more poignant.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, 16 Jan. 2018
• Across the nine tracks, a poignant arc of loss and restoration comes to life.
  — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2022
• Buttigieg also had one of the most poignant moments of the debate.
  — John Wildermuth, SFChronicle.com, 28 June 2019
• The most poignant moment of the town hall came in response to Iran.
  — oregonlive, 6 Jan. 2020
• But in the end, the dudes put their differences aside to belt along to the poignant song.
  — Rachel Yang, EW.com, 21 Feb. 2021
• That was her idea to button the scene with a poignant moment like that.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2019
• Stream the new album and watch the poignant music video for the title track here.
  — Gab Ginsberg, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2021
• These are poignant themes that many can relate to in their own lives.
  — Ashley Martens, womenshealthmag.com, 17 May 2023
• The mother said the display is both visual and poignant.
  — Suzanne Baker, Naperville Sun, 13 May 2017
• But none were more poignant than the ones from his family.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 31 July 2020
• One of the most poignant images is of a corncob doll with corn-silk hair.
  — Eddie Dean, WSJ, 31 Dec. 2020
• The answers are both poignant and pending; the present is very much a work in progress.
  — Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2022
• So what could possibly make the song any more poignant?
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 16 Apr. 2021
• No one seemed to notice a far more poignant echo of the English past.
  — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022
• The sharp writing offers poignant feels, and the cast seems up for anything.
  — Leah Greenblatt, Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2023
• On a poignant note, the wallpaper room will be destroyed when the show ends.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland, 28 Mar. 2021
• But even without that context, the speech seems poignant.
  — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2018
• But her lyrical and poignant words were even more stirring.
  — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2017
• Who thought a movie about the color of monarch butterfly wings could be so poignant?
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2021
• Throughout the madness, this was a rather poignant moment.
  — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• Which is good, because its most poignant notes stand out all the more clearly.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2021
• If enough voters hear it, this poignant ballad could have a shot at a nod.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 1 Aug. 2022
• That makes their decline even more poignant, and ominous.
  — Jim Robbins, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2022
• Yet, one of the most poignant moments came during the wedding homily.
  — Candice Benbow, Glamour, 19 May 2018
• Rudd is very poignant at the goodnights — the show is unpredictable, as is life.
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2021
• But the movie also has its poignant coming-of-age moments.
  — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 11 Aug. 2020

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024