Poignancy in a sentence as a noun

The counting down video's sure are a bit more off-putting than her usual poignancy.

I didn't enjoy it for its poignancy; I was simply delighted by the phrase "Life as a Service".

It plays on your feelings very well, and the ending is up there with Portal as far as innovation and poignancy are concerned.

He has a great voice; the melody and guitar are effective folk/pop; the bizarre lyrics at times are a vehicle for guerrilla poignancy.

I've never read of any dramatic achievements, nor have I been pointed to any essays of any deep insight or poignancy.

I can say that what he's saying resonates and the words have poignancy because I remember times where I wasn't clearly enough focused on the end goal and such a speech might have been the right motivator.

I found it funny, because of the mismatch between the "this is supposed to feel poignant" style of background music and the completely-lacking-in-poignancy material I tend to post on Facebook.

Charismatic in this sense refers to the fact that it can act a "symbol or rallying point to stimulate conservation awareness and action"[1], which seems appropriate considering the poignancy of how this species was discovered.

Poignancy definitions

noun

a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow; "a moment of extraordinary poignancy"

See also: poignance

noun

a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow); "the film captured all the pathos of their situation"

See also: pathos