plaintiveness
- a word derived from plaintive.
Example Sentences
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There’s a plaintiveness in that very first version of “Tangled Up in Blue” that’s unusual.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 31, 2018
Their plaintiveness arouses pity now: small groups in business attire, picketing government buildings with signs reading, “Love and let love”.
From Economist ● Sep. 3, 2015
The singer emphasized his hard-country material, including tracks from a forthcoming album painted in plaintiveness and bluegrass.
From Chicago Tribune ● Aug. 22, 2012
Mr. Pizzarelli’s performances of both songs in his wife’s presence conveyed a boyish plaintiveness.
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2011
Now jokiness had made way for melodrama, or plaintiveness.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
