Sentence example with the word 'poignancy'

poignancy

acerbity, bitingness, depression, effectiveness, harshness, mordacity, pep, pungency, sinew, stridency, vigor, woefulness

Definition n. a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow

Last update: October 28, 2015


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The question as to the book's origin has lost its poignancy through the ever-increasing recognition of the book's intrinsic character.   [Please select]

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At last encroaching drowsiness dulled the poignancy of her feelings and she sank to sleep.   [Please select]

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She missed his dependence upon her with a poignancy that was very hard to bear.   [Please select]

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I have warned him not to add by taunts to the poignancy of your disappointment.   [Please select]

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This was, of course, an exaggeration, but it showed the poignancy of the loser's regret.   [Please select]

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Leonard almost put his hands over his ears to shut out its intolerable poignancy.   [Please select]

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The pride and the passion of his tones stabbed through her with a curious poignancy.   [Please select]

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The knowledge sprang to the boy's mind with the swiftness and poignancy of an inspiration.   [Please select]

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The old heartache over Marian's indifference to the call of higher education for women returned with a new poignancy as Mrs.   [Please select]

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Four months' use had not robbed memory of its poignancy, and the moment of arrival at the House she found unexpectedly painful.   [Please select]

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The tone of his voice--like his smile--pierced her with a poignancy that sent the quick tears to her eyes.   [Please select]

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