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is remarkably poignant, sombre yet comforting, evocative of distant associations, yet not too explicit.
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The morphology of the village became a medium for the realization of another of the period’s most poignant and generative concepts, the open form.
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Instances of undeserved pain and suffering provide us with our most poignant examples.
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The understated nature of the coda, especially the pianissimo passage starting in bar 108, enhances one’s experience of the narrative as poignant, troubled and unresolved.
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He gives a poignant and moving account of their last years together and the profound sadness following his loss.
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The resonances of the questions are particularly purposeful, moral, heartfelt, and poignant.
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Their article, which includes highly poignant and well-observed case studies, demonstrates the seriousness of the problems encountered.
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His fieldnotes and letters back home were always filled with poignant observations, good wit, and honest introspection.
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This short, poignant film seems to resonate perfectly with the mood and flow of the music.
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For an immersion teacher education setting, this is particularly poignant.
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How my heart sings 