Sentence examples for as rather poignant from inspiring English sources

All this excitement, during my visit, struck me as rather poignant.

However, the film's reception in New Orleans was laced with a rather poignant revelation, as the director told the audience that aside from a Greek film festival in Los Angeles, They Glow in the Dark has not been accepted for any other American showings.

Hylton is terrific as Bev, nailing the character's airhead-y and rather poignant sides with equal nuance.

That makes the federal government's objections to "English only" rules on behalf of Navajos rather poignant.

But the money was good and the Norwegian "ents" officer was happy for him to perform his own rather poignant material.

Many, in fact, never stopped hanging out in the drug-associated locale, a rather poignant reminder of the power of addiction.

He faked it because it was easy, it was lucrative, and — rather poignant to say — he felt he had no other options.

Mr Reggio couldn't have predicted that his shots of a bustling American manufacturing industry—intended to make a negative statement would seem rather poignant in 2011.

The sight of rusting swing sets is always rather poignant.

Throughout the madness, this was a rather poignant moment.

Just as fellow recipient Reese Witherspoon did in 2011, Downey used the moment to impart a bit of wisdom to the youth via a typically nonchalant but rather poignant speech.