"Plangent" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... yield to the caress of this mood than there enters the supernatural element which invests the tragical portion of the story. Ominous drum beats under a dissonant tremolo of the strings and deep tones of the clarinets, a plangent ...
— A Book of Operas - Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music • Henry Edward Krehbiel
... do," she said. "I didn't catch your name." Madame's voice was a little plaintive and plangent now, like a ...
— The Lost Girl • D. H. Lawrence |
