Trader Vic whimsy-he'd always found it strangely poignant, though he would never have told Vic that.

She smoothed his ruffled hair and the gesture seemed strangely poignant at such a time; a trifle yet touching.

There was something strangely poignant about watching him watch himself let go.

One wants a little more, somehow, from Mr. Petronio, but the effect is strangely poignant and even awesome.

And Mr. Kuitca's strangely poignant map paintings, rendered on mattresses, are especially strong here.

Besides being funny, these pictures are strangely poignant, especially when the dog meets up with human beings.

Darling Emily, our love-making was both beautiful and strangely poignant.

There was a strangely poignant moment in the front of the courtroom.

The result was a strangely poignant dance, with one man taking charge in a very Moses-like way.

In so doing, he has brought into clearer focus the strangely poignant, self-deprecating malaise that pervades all his work.