Poignant.

What a poignant story.

Theirs was a poignant parting in the forest.

They are a poignant example of dedication to others.

How poignant it will be On that inevitable night

You're expected to write informative, poignant and characteristic stories and leave the experimental and avant garde to your Western colleagues.

The notion that the prenatal transmission of PTSD risk is adaptive is still speculative, but I find it rather poignant.

How much more poignant... must be the memories of the Ashby family... of Harriet Ashby, John's sister... who so gallantly assumed the responsibility... of bringing up the children.

That is all the more poignant given that some damage, such as psychological trauma, if not addressed immediately can become irreparable, not to mention the dark despair of disillusionment.

In this poignant, funny follow up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish.

NEW DELHI Ernest Hemingway s collection of stories, Men without Women, examines tense gender relationships. In a particularly poignant story, a young man convinces his partner to have an abortion, viewing their unborn child as a hindrance to the status quo.

This year, the peoples of Europe are marking the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain that once divided Europe in two. That 20 years after this epochal event an iron curtain remains around Cuba makes this anniversary poignant.

Brené Brown studies human connection our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk at TEDxHouston, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share.

In a series of witty punchlines, Patrick Chappatte makes a poignant case for the power of the humble cartoon. His projects in Lebanon, West Africa and Gaza show how, in the right hands, the pencil can illuminate serious issues and bring the most unlikely people together.

She paid tribute to the remarkable analytical work accomplished by the expert designated by the Secretary General in her objective and poignant study of the impact of armed conflict on children, which recommended to the international community a far reaching programme of action touching on all aspects of the question.