poignant moment

collocation in English

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poignant
adjective
uk
/ˈpɔɪ.njənt/us
/ˈpɔɪ.njənt/
causing or having a very sharp feeling ...
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moment
noun
uk
/ˈməʊ.mənt/us
/ˈmoʊ.mənt/
a very short period ...
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(Definition ofpoignantandmomentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is also apoignantmomentfor me.
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I come now to a poignant, perhaps the mostpoignantmomentin this history.
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In a sense, it was apoignantmoment.
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The added component of us wanting to have a deaf choir signing the song made for this incrediblypoignantmoment....
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The mostpoignantmomentcame with the auctioning of the carousel.
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Framing and timing are key aspects of the craft, with the aim of creating images at a decisive orpoignantmoment.
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The solemn conference theme led to some poignant moments but the meeting was not without humour.
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There is an extended chapter narrating a magnificent fox hunt, whose trophy, the brush, forms the focus of apoignantmomentin the coda, in the narrator's old age.
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The mostpoignantmomentof the show came at the end, when the cast members raised their coffee cups in a final farewell toast to the late actor.
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But otherwise his play-by-play writing style can seem a bit choppy, especially in the story's more poignant moments, the review noted.
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It tells the true story of a working man's fight against the system, features several poignant moments, and makes a number of political messages in an effective yet unobtrusive manner.
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