ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD POIGNANT
From Old French, from Latin pungens pricking, from pungere to sting, pierce, grieve.
10 QUOTES WITH «POIGNANT»
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poignant.
I think the most important thing journalism taught me is to mine for details. The details are key. You can't try to be funny or strange or poignant; you have to let the details be funny or strange or poignant for you.
I just love the days when you come out of the archives with half a dozen excellent descriptions or poignant accounts of personal experiences.
As a pastor, you get invited into the most poignant moments of people's lives. Whether it's a wedding or a funeral or a hospital visit, you get invited into the center of the event, whether or not you know the people.
Coming back in that AFC Championship Game against the Steelers, that was a poignant moment for me for a lot of reasons - the magnitude of the game and having not been able to play for quite a while and to be able to get on the field for that game. That one stands out.
The song 'Some Other Time...' is full of emotion. In wartime, it had a tremendously poignant feeling.
It was, when I read it, I thought, such a beautiful script. I loved the story. I thought it was well handled. I thought it was even more moving because it was a true story and that made it even more poignant.
Love grows more tremendously full, swift, poignant, as the years multiply.
From inside where I live, I feel like I just perceive events in a certain rational way. I often find it sad or poignant, and it may not make me laugh a bit. But I don't mind inventing a portrait that allows others to laugh if that's what they want to do.
My songs are all about celebrating poignant music. While some of them focus on fun and revelry, they are fortunately backed by powerful lyrics. Put together, the lyrics, tune and my voice strive to take the songs to the next level.
Everything about 'Hugo' to me is poignant, from the broken orphan to the old man losing his past to the fragility of film itself.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POIGNANT»
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poignant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
poignant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Poignant Place in Him
There are many questions that address situations that we can not understand but one can find the answer in the word of God (The Bible) "A Poignant Place in Him," provides a collection of Bible verses mainly from the book of Psalms to answer ...
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The Moment: Wild,
Poignant, Life-Changing Stories from 125 ...
The creators of the enormously popular Not Quite What I Was Planning and Six-Word Memoir series now offer stories of the Moment—the one-time chances, unexpected coincidences, and sudden catastrophes that made all the difference in the ...
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Poignant Moments...: A Caregiver's Perspective
In the United States alone, caregiver value accounts for $265 billion per year. In this book a story is told of the skills, patience and stresses of one out of fifty million caregivers.
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Professional Savages: Captive Lives and Western Spectacle
Displayed as cannibals and brutish specimens on the metropolitan exhibition circuit - Crystal Palace in London, the Folies-Bergere in Paris, Berlin's Panoptikum, St Petersburg's Arcadia, the imperial court in Constantinople, the World's ...
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Poignant Relations: Three Modern French Women
But they are thus more representative of a generation of women who often wrote about, but did not necessarily act on, their independent ideas. For them, writing was transgression enough."--BOOK JACKET.
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Telegram!: Modern History as Told Through More Than 400 ...
An exploration of the past 150 years of history as reflected through telegrams is organized under such categories as "Parents and Children," "Hollywood," and "Lincoln in the Telegraph Office," and ranges from humorous personal notes to ...
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Gutta: Memories of a Vanished World : a Bais Yaakov ...
With numerous original and rare photographs, and its strikingly readable style, this book tells the tale of the war years with a historical overview.
Gutta Sternbuch, David Kranzler, 2005
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The Heart of a Horse:
Poignant Tales and Humorous Escapades
A collection of tales of one woman's passion for horses covering the spectrum from breeding and training, to adventures involving grizzly bears, uncooperative cows, and a truck named Herman.
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Not to Forget, Impossible to Forgive:
Poignant Reflections ...
He rebuilt his life, established his family, and became a recognized authority in Jewish education. In this book, Not To Forget, Impossible To Forgive, Dr. Avital tells about his unique family of thirteen personalities.
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What's New, Doc?: A Collection of Funny,
Poignant, and Even ...
"Medicine can be raunchy!" is the comment a friend made when I shared some of my stories with her. Another friend stated, "These stories are outrageous!" and his statement gave me an idea for the subtitle.
Elaine Myrie-Richards M D F R C P C, 2010
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POIGNANT»
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Ibiza death: Alan Drennan's favourite nightclub makes poignant tribute
The favourite nightclub of Alan Drennan, who died hours after landing in Ibiza, has paid a poignant tribute to the young holidaymaker. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
Sunflower seeds from MH17 crash site land for poignant memorial to …
A precious handful of sunflower seeds will become a floral memorial in Wellington and the Kapiti Coast this summer, because of their link to the ... «The Dominion Post, Jul 15»
Pedro Martinez's poignant Hall of Fame speech perfectly sums up …
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – There is a man, a father to five and a son to a nation, a beacon and a pillar, an overflowing heart and an expansive ... «Yahoo Sports, Jul 15»
Poignant water taxi journey to remember Joan
Last Saturday, Joan Fuller's daugter Ros and others went on a poignant water taxi journey to remember the 91-year-old and her love of ... «Spalding Guardian, Jul 15»
Read Lady Gaga's poignant tribute to late designer Alexander …
However, the singer's latest tribute to McQueen is the most poignant yet – after she acquired some rare shoes designed by McQueen through ... «PinkNews, Jul 15»
Mercedes left floundering in Sebastian Vettel's wake on poignant …
Perhaps the only fitting tribute to a fine young man whose destiny was to drive in the red of Ferrari could be a victory for Formula One's most ... «The Times, Jul 15»
8 Poignant Quotes From Sara, The Inspiring Mom Who Took Over …
In honor of those who face disabilities, Hillary Clinton handed Twitter control to a disability advocate named Sara. A mother and nurse from ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
Photographer Joe Quint's poignant pictures of America's victims of …
It was the Isla Vista shooting last year that left seven people dead including the gunman coupled with Joe Quint's frustration with inaction over ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
KC Fringe: Actor Logan Black tells a poignant tale of man and dog
A boy and his dog is one of the most enduring narrative tropes in popular literature, and for good reason. We tend to view our canine ... «Kansas City Star, Jul 15»
Poignant moment for Dunmow girl on school trip to First World War …
A school tour of the First World War battlefields in Ypres had a very personal meaning to one Dunmow student. The trip to Belgium enabled ... «Herts and Essex Observer, Jul 15»
