Poignance

Maybe my son is exceptionally tender-hearted, but there is heavy pathos in poignance in this film. ❋ Darkerblogistan (2009)

There was even a recognition back then that superheroes, to some degree, had had their day-that there was a kind of poignance in the figure of the superhero set against the modern world. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Actually, I have to admit that for a team that only made 9 films, four of them are suspect with Guess Who's Coming To Dinner rescued only by the poignance of Spence's final speech. ❋ Michael Giltz (2011)

She embodies Jane's most endearing qualities—courage, passion, devotion, unadorned beauty—but not for a moment the moist poignance that many of the umpteen previous versions have inflicted on her. ❋ Joe Morgenstern (2011)

I think seeing actual teenagers would give their eager embrace of platitudes a new poignance and the harsh finale even more punch. ❋ Michael Giltz (2011)

His touching duet, "Good Thing Going," with Donnell, has heartbreaking poignance. ❋ Howard Kissel (2012)

Most New York revivals have focused on Follies with an upper case F, casting legendary, sometimes forgotten stars to build a sense of poignance about a spirit that cannot be recaptured. ❋ Howard Kissel (2011)

It was Zevon, after all, who once -- when asked by David Letterman for thoughts on facing his own imminent mortality -- said in part with a certain wry poignance: "Enjoy every sandwich." ❋ Michael Cavna (2011)

That many victims went to their deaths believing that if only beloved Uncle Joe knew what was happening he'd surely save them adds poignance to the tragedy. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Throughout, Chabon's prose moves elegantly from humor to honesty to poignance. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A shimmer of subsequent events gave the photograph an almost unbearable poignance. ❋ David Ackley (2011)

The terminally ill inmate was played by the remarkable Red West, a former stuntman, Elvis Presley bodyguard and member of the King's "Memphis Mafia," lending the episode instant credibility and poignance. ❋ Unknown (2011)