plangency
- a word derived from plangent.
Example Sentences
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The soft passages have fairy-tale delicacy; his outpourings, a robust plangency reminiscent of his more extroverted roles.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2023
He sings with huskiness and nimbleness, plangency and viscosity — sometimes all of these at once.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
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
Her voice had a pleasant plangency, a quality of more yet to come and as if the wells of her vitality were far from drained.
From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie
