Poignancy in a sentence

Defence Minister Richard Marles said there was a 'very real sense of poignancy and an anxiety' associated with the search and rescue.

Mount Airy Mayor Ron Niland said this year’s service takes on a particular poignancy because of the Russian invasion of and war with Ukraine.

Not the weightiest screen treatment of a serious mental health issue, this drolly self-deprecating portrayal nonetheless achieves a degree of poignancy and depth within a distinctive sensibility you might call Midwestern Sardonic.

She was scouted to play for Surrey county aged twelve, and remembers her first trial with poignancy.

Unlike some of the dafter pantomimes with more prosaic themes, this one has depth, humanity and poignancy.

As the echoes die away on the D-Day commemorations, they have added poignancy because we know that there can never be a major anniversary like it again.

Like so many battlefield pilgrimages with old soldiers, it was a blend of goodwill, sadness and humour, punctuated with unexpected moments of intense poignancy and grotesque horror.

We connect with the pathos and poignancy that enter from the side doors to stare at the parking lot of a bakery and smell the enlivening aroma of bread.

An 80-minute neo-vérité hybrid between documentary and fiction, has the poignancy of a love letter, the immediacy of a first-hand chronicle, and the energy of beating organ.

Does that lend extra poignancy to their final days together?

Gentle acoustic guitar and gorgeous fiddle add poignancy to "Young Man," a song that deserves a spot in the pantheon of emotional, parental advice-filled country lyrics.

His shows since – namely Don’t Worry, They’re Here in 2017 and 2018 – have shown his unique voice and poignancy.

It might be a familiar formula, but Gone With The Wind has never been matched for emotional poignancy.

Leaving the flagpole empty might make the same point that Russell wants to make – that a large majority of people in Scotland voted to remain in the EU – with a degree of poignancy.

Nostalgia is certainly not always nice – you only want so much of it, I reckon, or you become crushed by the unbearable poignancy of the passage of time.

The added poignancy comes from the fact that the two authors were Marine combat advisers in Afghanistan.

There is also footage of him enjoying his post-basketball life with his wife, Vanessa, and his daughters, which now has an added poignancy.

And the film underlines his limitations as a middle-aged man, finding poignancy in his acknowledgement of them, and in his weariness.

The detail of teaching the baby to breastfeed gets as much space as the war scenes, which accrue poignancy from the intense bodily life flowing through them.

And after a weekend spent remembering the enormous sacrifice of our predecessors as they fought and died over a divided Europe, these issues have added poignancy.