All 7 Uses
poignant
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The Thundering Herd
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- Hudnall and Burn were having their troubles breaking away from wives, daughter, and sister, so they had no time to note the poignancy of Milly's farewell to Tom.†
Chpt 9poignancy = deep emotional impact
- That struck him as far from a hopeless task, yet his longing and dread were poignant.†
Chpt 10poignant = sharp or intense
- Then Tom found voice poignantly to beg Pilchuck to tell him everything.†
Chpt 11 *poignantly = in a sharp or intense manner
- "Oh—oh—Catlee!" cried Milly, poignantly.†
Chpt 14
- A silence ensued after Milly's long poignant speech.†
Chpt 15poignant = sharp or intense
- What a strange sound, vastly different from anything human, yet somehow poignant, tragic, terrible!†
Chpt 18
- That would only torture me," replied Tom, poignantly.†
Chpt 19poignantly = in a sharp or intense manner
Definitions:
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(1)
(poignant) sharp or intense -- typically arousing deep emotion such as sadness, but possibly having or creating a sharp smell, taste, or insight
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)