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poignantly

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Definition of poignantly

as in sharply

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Recent Examples of poignantly Most poignantly, he was struck by how far the late, great Buck O’Neil’s museum has come since its inception in a one-room office in 1990. — Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026 At once a coming-of-age drama and a portrait of a dying Texas town in the 1950s, The Last Picture Show, based on Pulitzer Prize winner Larry McMurtry’s novel, poignantly depicts the bleak descent of youth into jaded adulthood. — Air Mail, 22 Aug. 2026 Our range includes a meandering cowboy odyssey that sprawls from a nowhere town in Texas to Big Sky country, a poignantly observant memoir from a wild child Dreamlander, and a careful dissection of a situationship set to the rhythms of 1970s Brazil. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026 The reunion, poignantly, took place at Charles’s country home, Highgrove House, where Harry spent much of his childhood. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 16 July 2026 As Ethan, Stock was as perversely alienating as he was poignantly alienated. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 At the very least, the attacks have brought the war home even more poignantly for millions of Russians, shattering Putin’s narrative of the conflict as something that doesn’t affect the lives of ordinary people in his country. — ABC News, 4 July 2026 Collecting is often a function of loss, an attempt to save something that might otherwise disappear, as the volume’s final essay poignantly articulates. — Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 26 June 2026 After the wedding, Frances frequently sported the earrings, poignantly wearing them at her daughter’s funeral. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026

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In recent weeks, new cases and deaths have declined in Ituri province, the outbreak's epicenter, but risen sharply in neighboring North Kivu and Haut-Uele, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said at a weekly briefing.

— JEAN-YVES KAMALE, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
The defense's account differs sharply from prosecutors' allegations.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of sharply

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The bard of Idaho, where he was raised but no longer lives, Hunter is keenly aware that no one exists in a psychological vacuum.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Great athletes experience it more keenly than most in their sunset years; ultimately, no one can topple it.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of keenly

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Chef Steven Pham is still simmering his signature Northern Vietnamese-style pho ga, which features a soul-piercingly clear broth, tender poached chicken, rice noodles, and a floating raft of fresh herbs.

— Becky Duffett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 June 2026
The Towode Door Stop Alarm is a budget-friendly, highly effective safety tool that functions as a wedge door stop and a piercingly loud alarm when activated.

— Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2026

Definition of piercingly

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Speaking harshly about migrants has been seen as a potential gateway to the hatred that led to the Holocaust.

— Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2026
Yust also alleges prosecutorial misconduct, arguing that a prosecutor improperly urged jurors to sentence him more harshly because of the emotional impact of the trial on them.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of harshly

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Mulligan should win for her darkly funny, cringe-inducing turn, though Snook, Pidgeon and sentimental favorite Field are all in play too.

— Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
More darkly, Musk implies Elon wants the vast data a Tesla can accumulate on its owners to feed his AI ambitions.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of darkly

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The country, severely affected by gangs and a serious humanitarian crisis, has spent years trying to contain crime without much success.

— Sol Amaya, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
Corals – which have been severely bleached along the entire Tanzanian coastline, and largely wiped out around Zanzibar – are being replanted, to try to grow new populations.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026

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