A state of deeply felt distress or sorrow.
A quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
1 Read more Outrageous anecdotes frequently make way for poignancy and reflection, however.
2 This weekend therefore carries a special poignancy for fans of both teams.
3 The poignancy of Clinton's comment would be hammered home all too soon.
4 Alas, the poignancy : Paul had already died, at the end of January.
5 The broken home no longer feels the same first poignancy of grief.
6 What emerged is a portrait quite unprecedented in its candor and poignancy .
7 Robson may be wrong but there is a poignancy to his assessment.
8 The very slightness, vagueness, of the memory gave it an added poignancy .
9 They had been raised to an unaccustomed clarity and poignancy of experience.
10 It was the place that drew things out and gave them poignancy .
11 Palmer's slight hesitancy of vocal adds poignancy to the song, says Nick.
12 Her voice was tuneless, and yet it had a strange, piteous poignancy .
13 On top of everything else, their diabolical poignancy nearly broke his resolve.
14 It's a haunting little film that ends with a somewhat overwhelming poignancy .
15 But the girl's calm comforted them all, and poignancy became dull pain.
16 The map suddenly possessed a terrible poignancy ; he swallowed the upwelling emotion.
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