All 6 Uses of
poignant
in
The Man of the Forest
- It was there; the open, the wild, the beautiful, the lonely land; and she felt the poignant call of blood in her—to seek, to strive, to find, to live.†
Chpt 4 *
- And then Helen drank thirstily, with closed eyes, while a memory of home stirred from Bo's gift of poignant speech.†
Chpt 6
- Just then home was vivid and poignant in her thoughts.†
Chpt 8
- CHAPTER IX
A silence ensued, fraught with poignant fear for Helen, as she gazed into Bo's whitening face.†
Chpt 9
- The morning came at last, piercingly keen and bright, when Dale saw that the heights were impassable; the realization brought him a poignant regret.†
Chpt 15
- Somehow, in that poignant moment, when her flying feet kept pace with her heart, Helen felt in herself a force opposing itself against this raw, primitive justice of the West.†
Chpt 24
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