How to Use poignant in a Sentence

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• The photograph was a poignant reminder of her childhood.
• The loved ones of the dead are not alone in their poignant laments.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 3 Aug. 2021
• What a sweet and poignant note to end this wild episode on.
  — EW.com, 29 Apr. 2020
• This is poignant, and more than poignant, painful. . . .
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 July 2024
• When Gordie Howe died in 2016, there was a poignant farewell.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2020
• Across the nine tracks, a poignant arc of loss and restoration comes to life.
  — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2022
• The most poignant moment of the town hall came in response to Iran.
  — oregonlive, 6 Jan. 2020
• But in the end, the dudes put their differences aside to belt along to the poignant song.
  — Rachel Yang, EW.com, 21 Feb. 2021
• The nickname is a simple but poignant joke on the part of the villagers.
  — V.m. Braganza, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2023
• My Next Act about one of the most poignant moments from the first episode.
  — Bailey Richards, People.com, 5 Oct. 2024
• That just makes this story of first love all the more poignant.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, 16 Jan. 2018
• Buttigieg also had one of the most poignant moments of the debate.
  — John Wildermuth, SFChronicle.com, 28 June 2019
• That was her idea to button the scene with a poignant moment like that.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2019
• Stream the new album and watch the poignant music video for the title track here.
  — Gab Ginsberg, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2021
• The answers are both poignant and pending; the present is very much a work in progress.
  — Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2022
• No one seemed to notice a far more poignant echo of the English past.
  — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022
• One of the most poignant images is of a corncob doll with corn-silk hair.
  — Eddie Dean, WSJ, 31 Dec. 2020
• These are poignant themes that many can relate to in their own lives.
  — Ashley Martens, womenshealthmag.com, 17 May 2023
• The mother said the display is both visual and poignant.
  — Suzanne Baker, Naperville Sun, 13 May 2017
• The sharp writing offers poignant feels, and the cast seems up for anything.
  — Leah Greenblatt, Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2023
• But the rom-comic nods in Hacks can be subtler, and more poignant, too.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 19 July 2021
• On a poignant note, the wallpaper room will be destroyed when the show ends.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland, 28 Mar. 2021
• But none were more poignant than the ones from his family.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 31 July 2020
• Joe Pesci also stars in the poignant black and white film that bowed in Venice’s Horizons strand.
  — Carole Horst, Variety, 3 Oct. 2023
• But even without that context, the speech seems poignant.
  — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2018
• Rudd is very poignant at the goodnights — the show is unpredictable, as is life.
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2021
• So what could possibly make the song any more poignant?
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 16 Apr. 2021
• Which is good, because its most poignant notes stand out all the more clearly.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2021
• This piece is short but poignant, exploring faith and grief in a time of genocide.
  — Longreads, 11 Oct. 2024
• Chromatics are compelling and psychological—and their impact is perhaps that much more poignant when using analogous colors.
  — Shelby Deering, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024