All 8 Uses of
poignant
in
The Rainbow Trail
- Memory was too poignant; the past was too close; he wanted to forget until he had toiled into the heart of this forbidding wilderness—until time had gone by and he dared to face his unquiet soul.†
Chpt 1 *
- And Shefford, with time on his hands and poignant memory to combat, decided to recall his keen interest in the Navajo, and learn, if possible, what the Indian's life was like.†
Chpt 8
- But he had remembered only at poignant intervals, and the lapse of time had made thought of her a dream like that sad dream which had lured him into the desert.†
Chpt 10
- That poignant word quivered in Shefford's heart.†
Chpt 10
- What poignant pain, regret, love made his utterance fail!†
Chpt 11
- Shefford burned to ask questions about the Mormon whose sealed wife the girl was, but he respected Joe too much to take advantage of him in a poignant moment like this.†
Chpt 12
- A poignant why was wrenched from Shefford.†
Chpt 18
- What glorious and bitter memories were expressed in her strange, poignant call!†
Chpt 20
Definition:
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(poignant) sharp or intense -- typically arousing deep emotion such as sadness, but possibly having or creating a sharp smell, taste, or insight