POIGNANCY in a Sentence

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1. As he stood in the darkness outside the church these memories came back with the poignancy of vanished things.
2. The recognition did not lessen the reality, the poignancy of the revelation by any suggestion or promise of instability.

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 Meanings and Examples of POIGNANCY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
poignancy
 n.  state of deeply felt distress or sorrow; keenness of emotion
Classic Sentence:
1  As he stood in the darkness outside the church these memories came back with the poignancy of vanished things.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  The recognition did not lessen the reality, the poignancy of the revelation by any suggestion or promise of instability.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XV
3  You will picture to yourself, my dear Mr. Copperfield, what the poignancy of my feelings must be, when I inform you that Mr. Micawber is entirely changed.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 42. MISCHIEF
Example Sentence:
1  Adding to the poignancy is that, whatever O'Connor's fate, it will have to involve computer trickery and editing sleight-of-hand to compensate for the actor's absence.
2  This year they have taken on extra poignancy in the wake of the disaster as Tacloban residents – 98% of whom are Catholic – turn to their faith for comfort.
3  Watching the tearful reunion of the long-separated mother and child, the social worker was touched by the poignancy of the scene.