| 1. | But from those on the other side I hear plaintiveness and anguish.
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| 2. | For one thing, the writing is sometimes exquisite in its plaintiveness:
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| 3. | Yet, the plaintiveness in his lyrical phrases gives this pathetic character an affecting depth.
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| 4. | If Manet caught a certain melancholy plaintiveness in " A Bar at the Folies-Bergere,"
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| 5. | So the alternation of duets and full sections is less marked, and the top line carries the plaintiveness of countertenor tone.
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| 6. | There is no mistaking the plaintiveness in Barbieri's voice when she says, " I did the best I could.
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| 7. | Gainsbourg is a winning performer, too _ a beguiling mixture of willowy plaintiveness and slightly irregular beauty lit up by a goofy smile.
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| 8. | Even when she may not seem to be embellishing her melodies much, her timing brings out a song's plaintiveness, tension and languor.
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| 9. | She sings nasally at times, giving the tunes a dryness and plaintiveness that has weight; she sings as if she'd experienced what the songs are about.
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| 10. | In contrast, " NME " published a negative review and noted the " excessive plaintiveness of Bono's voice and the forced power of U2's sound ".
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