This Calamity Jane is a poignant figure - stocky, plain and as dirty and foul-mouthed as any of the men.

Gericault the lost leader is one of the most poignant figures in French 19th-century painting.

In contrast with Mr. Marcos, she was a poignant figure of decency.

The harsh landscape it evokes and the poignant, put-upon figures inhabiting it have their forebears in Fellini.

Or a poignant figure who has money and fame but not always respect from his colleagues?

He is a star but also a poignant figure in Argentine soccer.

Nevertheless, Francisco Velasco and Lola Greco made them poignant figures caught up in events beyond their control.

The aging vampire star, played with hilarious crankiness by an outstandingly fine Martin Landau, becomes a poignant figure even at his most bizarre.

The most poignant figures in the film are a pair of brothers who have constructed an elaborate scenario they call "The Three Stages of Hell."

The cruise ship singer wasn't a poignant figure due to her career, but because she wished she'd had at least one child rather than putting her career first.