Example Sentences

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His piano sound tends to the percussive, achieving a relatively thin but tactile plangency.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 26, 2016

In fact, her work — notwithstanding its overall plangency — could initially be mistaken for light verse.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2016

At 89, he retains the boyish spark in his tenor, and a remarkable degree of the plangency.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2015

But Led Zeppelin tunes formed the backbone of the show, bringing out not only the most roisterous crowd response but also a higher order of plangency and presence from Mr. Plant.

From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2014

She was short of breath, so that her voice palpitated with a touching plangency that shook the man's heart.

From Alice of Old Vincennes by Thompson, Maurice