This weekend therefore carries a special poignancy for fans of both teams.

But this year there is a special poignancy to the prayers.

Somehow my failure in this instance galled me with special poignancy.

Today this thought gained special poignancy from certain other considerations.

By what details does the author give special poignancy to the pathos of her account?

Peter Yates's image of decaying Varosha, Cyprus, has special poignancy: three decades earlier, he met his wife there.

These maps have a special poignancy today in the way that they reflect the optimism of youth from another time.