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Recent Examples of poignantly
Wryly funny and poignantly tender, Frank and Percy is a heartfelt, life-affirming tale about the courage to take a chance on love at any age.
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
At a couple of points, Ben Hania (whose work has often blurred the line between narrative and documentary) even brings in real footage of these people, poignantly placing them against their onscreen counterparts.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
The heartfelt lyrics poignantly articulate the slow fading of their once bright connection, depicting the pain of watching a previously vibrant flame flicker and ultimately extinguish despite their sincere efforts to nurture and revive it over time.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2025
Ruffalo is poignantly haunted as Tom, and Pelphrey is flat-out extraordinary, channeling Robbie’s pain into something heart-wrenching and beautiful.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 28 Aug. 2025
But, when our hero yearns for a romance that's a little more public, the baton gets dropped in a way that's touchingly, poignantly real.
—Michelle Kung, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025
As Kelly poignantly puts it, the iron man isn’t made of iron.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Zac Ntim, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
At a couple of points, Ben Hania (whose work has often blurred the line between narrative and documentary) even brings in real footage of these people, poignantly placing them against their onscreen counterparts.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
The heartfelt lyrics poignantly articulate the slow fading of their once bright connection, depicting the pain of watching a previously vibrant flame flicker and ultimately extinguish despite their sincere efforts to nurture and revive it over time.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2025
Ruffalo is poignantly haunted as Tom, and Pelphrey is flat-out extraordinary, channeling Robbie’s pain into something heart-wrenching and beautiful.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 28 Aug. 2025
But, when our hero yearns for a romance that's a little more public, the baton gets dropped in a way that's touchingly, poignantly real.
—Michelle Kung, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025
As Kelly poignantly puts it, the iron man isn’t made of iron.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poignantly
Adverb
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That truth, that bitterness, ought to cut more sharply than the Super Bowl shellacking.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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This allowed the craft to maintain control and stability even when sharply tilted against the current.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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As someone of Scottish- heritage, Rae-Smith was acutely aware of the cultural weight grillz carry.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Record attack drone launches are designed to overwhelm Kyiv’s defenses, and the deaths of children in the city (another infant was killed in an apartment building alongside her mother Sunday) are the one thing Trump seems to feel acutely – bar being complimented or shunned by Putin.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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More Americans are keenly searching for ways to live abroad and how and where to obtain second passports, and Argentina is certainly one to watch.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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European countries have broadly pledged to increase military spending, although nations forming NATO's eastern flank, close to Russia, have more keenly felt Moscow's presence and traditionally spent a higher percentage of their GDP on defense.—
Ellie Cook — reporting from Prague, Czech Republic,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The data speaks more harshly than any anecdote.—
Yermys Pena,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Importantly, the association urged owners not to discipline their pups harshly for the behavior.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Advertisement Advertisement A recent spate of darkly glittering comedies give us the opportunity to do just that.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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The darkly comedic espionage drama, which received a very early Season 7 renewal, follows a dysfunctional team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 known affectionately as Slough House.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Frank Olton, 76, was found on Monday tied to a pole in his basement suffering from multiple stab wounds, and his wife Maureen Olton, 77, was found on the house's first floor, severely burned, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference on Tuesday.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
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One of every $8 in outstanding US credit card debt was severely delinquent at the end of June, the highest level since 2010.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Advertisement Opioid addiction is distressingly common in nearly every contact and combat sport, but Kerr was isolated from the endemic abuse of painkillers in the industry.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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Naturally, the theft of the ghost shirt by the stooges in the employ of Roy Lee is accompanied by many deceased bodies — the first of the many bloodbaths in Americana, which has a distressingly expedient approach to on-screen carnage.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Look pessimistically, and perhaps the inexperience is too much of a barrier.—
Jake Ciely,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Poignantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poignantly. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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