as in bitterness
a harsh or sharp quality
there was a poignancy to his wit that often left his targets smarting
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Recent Examples of poignancy
If anything, that fact gives the film extra poignancy.
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
The intimate, poetic text makes each moment feel authentic, and the painterly artwork balances poignancy and playfulness.
—Travis Jonker, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025
With the passing last year of Dickey Betts, combined with the deaths in the last decade of Gregg Allman and Butch Trucks, tributes to the Allman Brothers Band have taken on a new poignancy.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2025
But this exploration undercuts the poignancy of Girls on Wire, adding a third, more opaque thread, to the film’s two clearer ones.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
The intimate, poetic text makes each moment feel authentic, and the painterly artwork balances poignancy and playfulness.
—Travis Jonker, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025
With the passing last year of Dickey Betts, combined with the deaths in the last decade of Gregg Allman and Butch Trucks, tributes to the Allman Brothers Band have taken on a new poignancy.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2025
But this exploration undercuts the poignancy of Girls on Wire, adding a third, more opaque thread, to the film’s two clearer ones.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for poignancy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poignancy
Noun
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The fight ends with Shauna taking a bite out of Melissa’s arm, pinning her down and demanding Melissa eat her own flesh.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Mar. 2025
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The site of the leech bite was treated, and the farmer was given iron supplements to take for a month to manage his anemia, doctors said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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According to Nobel prize-winning economist, Eugene Fama, smaller companies and cheaper companies tend to have an edge over larger, more expensive companies over time.—
Cicely Jones,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The brass hardware gives it a hint of an edge to balance out the rustic wood, while the scalloped details on the doors adds some whimsy to the mix.—
Bailey Berg,
Architectural Digest,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This reader, with at least 50 years more in corporeal form than Ching, could not help but rapidly identify with her wisdom and experience the poignance of her story.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
9 June 2023
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The wild-eyed goofy younger Springsteen cracks through, but never lightly, always with poignance.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Apr. 2023
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“Poignancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poignancy. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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