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Recent Examples of poignance 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 That means none of the bubble-burst poignance that Bartlett and Natasha Rothwell brought as the servant-victims of getaway decadence. Darren Franich, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2022 Transcending expectations is its own expectation, and Midnights makes clear, with modest poignance, that Swift has burned out on her own hype. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2022 In the song’s intro, processional drums and a trembling guitar line promised a power ballad with all the poignance of a Steven Spielberg movie. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for poignance
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Noun
  • The agency says that the disease is carried by mosquito bites, and symptoms include fever, pain, and other flu-like symptoms.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2025
  • The baby is a twin, and her twin brother also had bite marks on his feet, officials said.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • While there’s an extra poignancy in the work being shown at a museum on the National Mall, it wasn’t intended to be site-specific, and Pendleton was first pulled in by the visual rather than historical aspect of the event.
    Stephanie Rudig, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Prince William Joins World Leaders at Pope Francis' Funeral Santa Maria Maggiore held deep poignancy for Francis and was one of his favorite places in Rome.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Indian army said in a statement late on Friday that drones were sighted in 26 locations across a wide area of India's west and northwest from Kashmir and states bordering Pakistan to the edge of the Arabian Sea.
    USA Today, USA Today, 11 May 2025
  • Toll-takers on the Venetian Causeway were in their booths as the tornado swept through just yards away, tearing into trees at a small public park at water’s edge.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 10 May 2025

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“Poignance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poignance. Accessed 19 May. 2025.

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