poignant

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: The north and east owned a terrific influence, making all pain more poignant, all sorrow sadder.
• find: Up to page 118 ( the death of her son ) I found the story poignant and amusing.

Modifies a noun

• reminder: A more poignant reminder of Britain's past is the profusion of latin sparrows.
• memoir: More than 50 years later she went there to see his grave and wrote a poignant memoir of their lost life together.
• portrayal: I found the novel a poignant portrayal of the effects of a war that touched every aspect of society.
• lyric: An all time classic with poignant lyrics powerfully sung by Marlena.
• moment: Beyond the drama of sheer numbers, there were also some poignant moments.
• ballad: The next song, a poignant ballad had Chip Taylor beckoning a young lady from the audience called Florence.

Modifying Another Word

• unbearably: Their second song, ' Out in the Woods, ' is unbearably poignant with aching cello and strange, pained Eastern European strings.
• especially: A row of three simple crosses to the north of the kirk are especially poignant.
• particularly: There is a particularly poignant moment in ' The Wind in the Willows ' .
• surprisingly: Yet it is not emotionally barren, as this might suggest, but surprisingly poignant.
• deeply: Again, the subtext of betrayal gives a deeply poignant edge to this teaching.
• rather: Click to see some rather poignant pictures of the wreckage surrounding the place.

Infinitive complement

see: Even so, it's poignant to see so down-to-earth a domestic tragedy acted out against so historical a backdrop.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: Working on the film has made the whole thing seem more poignant.
• become: Old Man Adam's wise words have become very poignant indeed.
• make: The story is made poignant by the fact that the plane was stripped for souvenirs despite the tragedy.
• find: I'd like to remind you of a poster produced by the Campaign Against the Arms Trade, which I found particularly poignant.

Preposition: by

fact: The story is made poignant by the fact that the plane was stripped for souvenirs despite the tragedy.