Sentence examples for aching poignancy from inspiring English sources

It has an aching poignancy.

The tenor Richard Croft brought aching poignancy to the role of Gandhi.

Strauss conveys this in music of fleeting lyricism and aching poignancy.

After premiering at London's Donmar Warehouse last year, it transferred to New York and was lauded by critics for its "boisterous comedy as well as its aching poignancy".

The aching poignancy of the final scene (beautifully lit here like an Old Master) where our hero and Laura Carmichael's deeply touching Sonya stoically resume their life of drudgery was allowed to cast an unbroken spell.

These different modes of domesticity — one warmly glowing with nostalgia, the other reeking of instability — converge with aching poignancy.

Little details ache with poignancy: Captain Vince's medallion swinging as he whips around after peeking at Dodo through his window ("What the heck is she doing? he wondered"); Dodo in curlers whispering good night to her first little windmill; Herbie's blush as he's caught taking a furtive munch on a wedding cake figurine.

The aching.

Legs start aching.

Just an aching arm.

"My heart is aching".