| 单词 | plaintive |
| 例句 | It was a plaintive sound, like a signal of distress. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z I asked, disgusted by how plaintive my voice sounded. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A faint snuffling and then some guttural noises like a growl or bark, followed by a low and plaintive howl? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z In spite of her fury, Amari was amazed at the plaintive tone in his voice. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a clear but plaintive call, the voice of a mouse. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z His voice trailed off in a plaintive whimper. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He found that his lips were still too numb for speech, and he wanted desperately to be beyond earshot of the old man’s plaintive questioning. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Her last words ripped out of her in a wail, plaintive and piercing. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “I’m cold,” Snowden whimpered feebly over the intercom system then in a bleat of plaintive agony. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The day I got those test results, a cold, plaintive, late-fall New York day, was my last good day. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z It seemed to me a most plaintive request. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Some of the voices were so plaintive and compelling I couldn’t get them out of my head. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Gigantic hooves thumped against the floor, and Viola let out a long, plaintive moo. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z As coveted as his shells were, Pocock had begun to find himself struggling to stay in business, reduced to writing plaintive letters to coaches around the country, pleading for orders. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z To Amari, his voice sounded a little plaintive, almost as if he needed her to say she liked him. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It can be a hearty or a plaintive tune, depending on your mood. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z His tail switched in excitement; he opened his mouth and uttered a plaintive, compelling howl. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Another plaintive love song, she didn’t recognize this one; though as she listened, she began to hear, beyond his voice, the delight of her family. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the truth, and it came out of Jule’s chest, loud and plaintive. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “But I did get to speak to him,” the chaplain argued in a plaintive tone of self-justification. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z This endless conversation, the tone plaintive but oddly cheerful, flew around and around in a circle. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Taped to the box was a plaintive note: “Please do not steal this. I am on financial aid. Jenny Drexler.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “I never go back to my land,” she said, her voice plaintive. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z At the final round, the applause from the American audience appeared to be sincere and respectful, but privately, a plaintive cry went up among many of the chess players: “What’s wrong with American chess?” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Buford made a plaintive squeal, then clattered into the corner in a sulk. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She meant it for his ears alone but Hannah was close enough to him to hear every plaintive syllable. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Not a sound of distress, not a plaintive cry, nothing but mass agony and silence. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo couldn’t understand the words, but the song was plaintive and bittersweet, as if she were describing a home she could never return to. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Winnie’s mother and grandmother sat plaintive all afternoon in the parlor, fanning themselves and sipping lemonade, their hair unsettled and their knees loose. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z His very teeth were floating and his voice was a plaintive cry as he begged our father to rise from his throne and enter into family life. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind blew a low, plaintive moan, the beginning note of a lamenting song. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I loved his howl, which I could both hear and feel: long and plaintive, woebegone and heartsore, filled with yearning for what used to be and for what would never come again. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Over its door, a hanging birdcage made a plaintive squealing sound in the breeze. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The day passed as it always did—in slow motion, with a thousand plaintive glances at the clock. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He took photographs of a tarantula, plaintive sunsets, windswept dunes, the long curve of empty coastline. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The ephemeral bloom of a sego lily peeks from the toe of a ninety-foot stone arch, and canyon wrens call back and forth in plaintive tones from a thatch of scrub oak. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why are you asking him about the stores?” she interrogated me in Korean, her tongue plaintive, edgy, as though she were in some pain. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard distant laughter, the plaintive sound of pipes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There was another yelp, this one constrained and plaintive. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite her calming words to the children, in the privacy of her own heart Penelope was still haunted by Cassiopeia’s plaintive cry at the sight of the wolfs head in Lord Fredrick’s study. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Sarcasm didn’t come naturally to her, and even to herself she sounded more plaintive than ironic. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She had a plaintive way of saying, “When Papa was rich we did so-and-so,” which was very touching, and her long words were considered ‘perfectly elegant’ by the girls. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He played a joyful counterpoint to her plaintive dirge—his notes light and hopeful to drive back the desolation of the future. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z A jockey in the pack heard a deep, plaintive sound rise up over the shouts from the crowd. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Which is my plaintive way of saying that I do worry about you and Franny when I get a chance, but not nearly so often as I’d like to. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z But at the end of his scientific articles, there was always a plaintive sentence about how much more hands-on, real-world research needed to be done before the decision tree could be used in clinical practice. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z "Milord," a plaintive voice called down from the forecastle of the merchanter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As I headed into the trees, the high-pitched whistle of a steam engine carried on the wind, harsh and plaintive as a screecher’s call. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He returned her plaintive wave, stood in the street, and watched her taillights fade and disappear. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z There was an almost plaintive note in his anger. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice tended to be slightly high, plaintive. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z There was a plaintive note to its voice. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Jenny’s chair let out a plaintive squeak as she leaned back, steepling her fingers in front of her, serious now. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Smith, a lifelong teetotaler who strongly disapproved of Pollard’s drinking, probably waved off the jockey’s plaintive wails for alcohol that morning. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’ve never heard anything so painful as this almost continual plaintive crying lasting several days and several nights and with us not knowing what to do.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I listened to their song, distant and plaintive. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The elderly American lady’s voice rose shrill and plaintive. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z It was sad to hear their plaintive voices in that candle-lit room. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “And do you see her, sir, tolerably often?” asked Isabella in the plaintive tone which just suited her father. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “It’s starting to hurt me,” Snowden cried out suddenly with a plaintive, urgent wince. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He passed his hand across his eyes, he sighed, his voice became plaintive. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Jesus, come to me,” she says, her voice weak and plaintive. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The plaintive wail which succeeded the passionate roar went to Meg’s heart, and she ran up to say beseechingly... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z A long, plaintive moan, comparable to a blast from a foghorn. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The words awoke a plaintive echo in Bernard’s mind. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The cat must have sensed this general failing, for he now walked steadily beside the dogs, very close to his tottering old friend, and uttered plaintive worried bleats. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Although one perhaps missed the modern piano’s ability to sustain an expansive line in the plaintive Rondo in A Minor, K. 511, Bezuidenhout’s subtle shadings and inward intensity nonetheless suggested the depths of private tragedy. Mozart and C.P.E. Bach in a dazzling fortepiano performance 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Williams' plaintive tenor, boyish features and easy demeanor helped him outlast many of the rock stars who had displaced him and such fellow crooners as Frank Sinatra and Perry Como. 'Moon River' crooner Andy Williams dies at age 84 2012-09-26T14:41:23Z Whitman then begins the prologue, singing in phrases that shift between stentorian declamations and plaintive passages. Review: The Opera ‘Crossing’ Shows Why Whitman Matters Today 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Levon Helm's vocals are at their most plaintive and resonant on "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," a now controversial song that aches with sadness and loss. How Robbie Robertson's hidden Indigenous and Jewish heritage influenced The Band's mournful songs 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z On quiet afternoons, flocks of homing pigeons, whistles tied to their tails, filled the skies with a plaintive whirr. The Widow of a Nobel-Winning Chinese Dissident Rebuilds Her Career as an Artist 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, the crowd loved it, giving her a standing ovation and eliciting an encore from her: a simple plaintive tune on her violin. Laurie Anderson's 'Dirtday!' digressed, but the audience dug it 2012-10-21T20:12:04Z The motley quartet wailed, murmured, keened, droned and danced through 20 minutes of a multi-ethnic collage of pulsating beats, raucous tunes and plaintive laments. BSO, Marin Alsop usher in new year with flashy, energetic concert at Strathmore 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z His “Marche Funèbre” followed a linear progression not unlike the stages of grief, with an aching introduction, a plaintive interlude and a cathartic crescendo in the final march that receded into glowing acceptance. Review | Zoltan Fejervari shows off his technique with a program of gems 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z And he uses those plaintive trees to stirring effect. On the Runway: Far Beyond the Clothes 2011-06-10T17:40:38Z Directly after that cinematic glory, Ma enlarged Elgar's plaintive solo cello opening to Bowl-filling majesty, making it sound not just a loud cry in the wilderness but also a call to arms. Yo-Yo Ma is marvelous during a strange night at Hollywood Bowl 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z A plaintive cry is rising from America’s dining rooms: Can we get some service around here? Diners Are Fed Up With Minimal Service. Will a Little Warmth Win Them Back? 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z The song seesaws between plaintive and pulsating with a track that laces subtle changes into its repetitions. The Best Songs of 2015 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Without any extended jams or wild solos, it was a plaintive appeal for compassion, solidarity, and sensitivity to the suffering bad policies and political apathy creates. The inspiring poetics of Tedeschi Trucks Band 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z They make selective use of that indie crutch, the plaintive solo piano, and refuse to push the viewer toward snap judgments of characters. Review: Still Alice: Julianne Moore Reveals Alzheimer's From the Inside 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Yet the album is full of lovely little touches, like the fluttering flutelike sound that agitates the plaintive “Leave It Alone,” or the gauzy sway of “Lazy Wonderland.” New Music: New CDs From Broken Bells, Toni Braxton and Babyface 2014-02-03T22:25:14Z He is perpetually narcotized, endlessly plaintive, borderline disoriented. Post Malone and Rae Sremmurd, Hip-Hop Impressionists Shaping the Stream 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z The “Corral Nocturne” is Copland at his most harmonically plaintive and mysterious, qualities vividly conveyed by Mr. Tovey and the players. Music Review: Military Brass, Civilian Strings 2013-07-04T22:38:04Z The band is after something more plaintive and thoughtful, more diffident. Music Review: London Grammar, British Pop Band, Avoids the Cliché 2014-01-16T23:27:43Z Already it is beautiful, though: vigorous, funny and plaintive, an act of both perseverance and remembrance. Review: ‘Imagining the Imaginary Invalid,’ About Absence and Art Making 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z It’s plaintive and unadorned and an antidote to the preceding mayhem, not all of which is polished to the necessary brilliance. Review | ‘On the Town’ is off its mark in fumbling production 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z “This Close” is quiet, but not to an extreme — there’s a lot of plaintive pop music on the soundtrack, and Ms. Stern voices much of her dialogue. Review: ‘This Close,’ a Serious Comedy About Life and Deafness 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Shifting from French to English, she launched into a plaintive number called “Even Orphans Have Their Kingdom.” The French Alps Sans Skis 2011-02-25T21:55:11Z The French artist JR pasted that plaintive image on Wednesday, his first installation in Mexico. JR’s Latest: A Child Caught Between the U.S.-Mexico Border 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z In sweet, plaintive phrases, she conveyed the winsome innocence of Gilda, the daughter of Rigoletto, a fatally overprotective father who tries to keep her hidden away at home. Critic’s Notebook: Musical Chairs at the Met 2013-12-06T22:52:05Z That was François Villon’s plaintive query in the 15th century. Back to Provence 2011-06-17T18:55:00Z Ann and Nancy Wilson, the sisters who lead Heart, presented the plaintive camaraderie of “Old Friends” as an acoustic duet. Music Review: Tuneful Paul Simon Tribute Bridges Decades 2014-04-01T22:19:25Z Still, for all their naturalism, the vocal lines also achieve agitated, plaintive lyricism. Review: A Tenor Offers a Subtle Model of Adventurousness 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Most critics acknowledged the score’s beautiful moments, especially Cleopatra’s death scene, in which the character’s plaintive lyrical lines are capped by a chilling choral threnody. Leontyne Price, Legendary Diva, Is a Movie Star at 90 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Prince Siegfried is nowhere to be seen; this Swan Queen is barefoot and bald; and as Tchaikovsky’s plaintive violin melody begins, her movements incorporate balletic sweep and the grounded, hip-shaking, stamping notes of African dance. Dada Masilo Turns Tchaikovsky on His Head in ‘Swan Lake’ 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z His plaintive, melodic Arabic soared over the campground: Muslim Scouts pursue an American tradition — in an America wary of Muslims 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Worried that I would miss something, I conducted a mental inventory of a week’s exploration: a plaintive song in the dark, curious sea lions slicing through the water, a hidden world under a muddy rock. On Mexico’s Sea of Cortez, a voyage of discovery 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z At the show’s few memorably emotional musical moments, such as Orpheus’s plaintive refrain in “Wait for Me,” the elements of the production converge harmoniously. Review | ‘Hadestown’ arrives on Broadway, and well, it all goes to you-know-where 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Later, on the plaintive, acoustic-guitar-driven “This Is How It Works,” she cuts even more directly to the chase: “I know you can’t talk long, but I’m barely hanging on.” Angel Olsen Finds a New Gear in a Vintage Genre: Country 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z This is one of her more conventional songs, a tortured ballad that showcases her plaintive voice. A K-pop primer for Olympic listening 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z The nostalgia is almost plaintive — like for a Camelot with dorms. ‘Where Out-of-Town Girls Could Come Feel Safe in New York’ 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z When she sang the plaintive “Witch’s Lament,” about her inability to protect Rapunzel, she held nothing back. Amy Adams and Donna Murphy in ‘Into the Woods’ 2012-07-26T12:00:00Z But Mr. Naughton, who has warm personal memories of his adolescence in Connecticut, deployed his rich bass-baritone to infuse “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” with a plaintive resonance. Review: ‘Battle for the Airwaves,’ a Rock ’n’ Roll History 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z She sang a plaintive melody over lightly strummed guitar chords, folk-song-like. A Brilliant Return for a Talking Heads Album 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z Her tools are bodies — 15 dancers, to be exact — the plaintive sound of the accordion and many pairs of shoes, which refer to the horrifying room of victims’ shoes at Auschwitz. Dance Review: Megan Kendzior’s ‘Witness,’ a Dance Invoking the Holocaust 2013-12-20T21:26:26Z Elsewhere, the Gimps are best when least puerile, as with a plaintive scene about an lonesome vacuum cleaner, or their UV-lit Singin' in the Rain animation sequence. Late Night Gimp Fight ? review 2011-08-12T16:55:02Z The music suggests a wistful folk song, cushioned by plaintive harmonies and restless lines in the instruments. Review: A Whispered Opera Requests Your Close-Up Attention 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z In between these plaintive contemplations, bursts of ferocity occur: A man’s nose is nearly sawed off and a horde of inmates beat a possible informer to a pulp. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z But the effect is ruined as James storms out of the restaurant, the camera lingering on his tear-stained face as he delivers the plaintive closing line: “I didn’t have to come and hold your ladder.” Three Billboards' portrayal of dwarfism is reductive and ableist, and I would know | Eva Squire 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Starting from a state of haunted near-silence, he evokes a bit of the music of Shakespeare’s era with plaintive open intervals in the winds and darkly winding counterpoint in the low strings, utterly without kitsch. Listening Booth: Operas by Rufus Wainwright and Hans Abrahamsen 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z A funeral scene contains the opera’s most ambitious ensemble writing, with the parents grieving in duet, while other cast members sing plaintive choral strands that hint at atonal rawness yet take melodic flight. Review: Police Violence Reaches Opera in ‘Blue’ 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z I've been where the poplar is springing From the fair Inamelled ground Where the nightingale is singing With a solemn plaintive sound. Charlotte Brontë poem manuscript sells for £92,000 2013-04-10T14:46:28Z The list lengthened and gathered mass with lost houses, an island and a peninsula, an entire continent, until reaching a plaintive coda: Elizabeth and Alice 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Smoke drifted in the beams of light, and a violist, a cellist, and a double-bass player became visible on a raised platform at the rear of the stage, producing a steady, plaintive chord. You'd Follow Them Anywhere 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z Repeatedly, at her moment of greatest anguish, she rises onto point as she turns through huge, plaintive arabesques. Of Women, Men and Ballet in the 21st Century 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Yet she often writes these plaintive entries from her beach house in the Hamptons. Tina Brown’s ‘Vanity Fair Diaries’ Recall a Glossier Time 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z He recorded plaintive moos and burps and the sounds of breathing and eating. Below the Line: The Sounds of 'Into the Woods' 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations read aloud the plaintive last text messages one Russian soldier sent home before he was killed. In wartime battle over imagery, so far it hasn’t been close 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z “A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb” carries in the crook of its own arm Mr. Kumar’s plaintive appeal. Books of The Times: ?Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb? 2010-08-05T22:00:00Z Instead of howling about misspent youth against huge, churning guitar riffs, he ruminates on the wages of adulthood, musically enveloped in a cosmic, plaintive version of Americana. Craig Finn of the Hold Steady on ?Clear Hearts, Full Eyes? 2012-01-22T02:23:06Z Usually it's the wistful absurdity of Andrew Aguecheek's "I was adored once" that brings a plaintive note into the clash of tankards. Twelfth Night; Tiger Country; The Painter ? review 2011-01-23T00:06:05Z The sombre, modal piece wove together recollections of Yiddish lullabies, Chassidic chants and a plaintive Polish folk song imploring the white stork – a symbol of good fortune – not to fly south for the winter. Hall?/Mark Elder/Andrew Gourlay ? review 2010-12-05T22:01:00Z Those qualities only surfaced midway through the show when Gilmore performed Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," stretching and bending notes into lengthy, plaintive calls with Gjersoe's slide guitar licks his primary accompaniment. Jimmie Dale Gilmore takes another unusual turn 2011-06-26T14:59:00Z The mood shifts drastically with the plaintive theme of “Amen of the Agony of Jesus.” CD Review: OLIVIER MESSIAEN: ?Visions de l?Amen? 2010-07-16T15:02:00Z Reviewing the St. Louis premiere for The Times, Anthony Tommasini wrote, “Restless vocal lines shift from plaintive lyrical phrases, to sputtered outbursts, to a style that seems a jazz equivalent of Italianate arioso.” A Black Composer Finally Arrives at the Metropolitan Opera 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z One night, about a week in, I was trying to watch "Vikings" and could barely hear the screams of English monks being axed to death over Laffy’s plaintive yelping. It took a dog to make me a better human 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z A distinctly Down Under story by this most Australian writer, “The Shepherd’s Hut” is almost too painful to read, but also too plaintive to put down. Review | The tale of a disaffected teen on the run from a crime he didn’t commit 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z More classic are Sunrise in Mexico, a Hammond organ romp, and the plaintive sax-led By the Light of Your Eyes. Nostalgia 77 & the Monster: The Taxidermist – review 2012-11-25T00:05:19Z His Third Symphony represented a stylistic breakthrough: austerely plaintive, emotionally direct and steeped in medieval modes. How a Somber Symphony Sold More Than a Million Records 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z This time, they opted to keep the embellishment to a minimum — her sometimes plaintive, often tenacious performances, her road band and Kennedy’s vintage gear — in pursuit of what she called “the stripped-down thing.” Lucinda Williams Is Raw, Riled Up and Ready to Speak Her Mind 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z The premiere of "Lost" ended memorably with Charlie's plaintive question to his fellow island castaways: "Guys, where ARE we?" 'Lost' addresses years of questions in finale 2010-05-24T05:44:00Z With its plaintive winding melody and lyrics that picture an endless river of romantic sorrow, the song conjures the darker side of Southern California hedonism during the long-gone heyday of the Laurel Canyon troubadours. Music Review: J. D. Souther in Lincoln Center American Songbook - Review 2012-01-15T23:08:05Z But there is Jackson’s plaintive voice referring to his child stardom. Theater Review: ?Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour,? Cirque du Soleil 2012-04-02T22:12:15Z Other works are more lyrical, with plaintive, folk-tinged vocal lines stretched over somber, spare accompaniments. Review: Ensemble ACJW Performs Meredith Monk’s Instrumental ‘Backlight’ 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z And though she adds a plaintive “please,” he still walks away. ArtsBeat: ‘Girls’ Recap: Can You Imagine Hannah in Iowa? 2014-03-24T02:30:34Z Mostly we write plaintive emails to each other about not writing poetry. Facing ‘the Can’t-See of the Future,’ in Verse and at the Chiropractor’s 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z “I don’t even know who I’m talking to,” he says, and it’s a wonderfully plaintive, lost line reading by Norris. Breaking Bad Watch: I Am the One Who Gets Knocked Out 2013-08-12T02:05:24Z The result is rich and velvet-toned, with slow and quickening pulses, and plaintive, questioning vocals. Review | “Layla and Majnun”: An Azerbaijani dance opera for the ages 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Except for the plaintive engine hum as the plane glides over uninterrupted jungle, a ghostly silence pervades the presentation. Colombia’s Museum of Modern Art Celebrates Its 40th Year 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z Andrew Shore is excellent in the title role, as is Leigh Melrose's rakish Einstein and Mary Plazas as Kipfer's plaintive wife. Piccard in Space ? review 2011-04-03T21:15:01Z It’s the upward arc of its music, which finds a plaintive hunger to loom large, if only for a moment, that gives lost souls something like nobility. Review: ‘Jerry Springer,’ Sacred and Profane, Triumphantly Sings Again 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Thus a show that begins on fairly traditional ground, with Mr. Daumier’s witty lithographs and Mr. Courbet’s plaintive sketch of a cell, swiftly veers into more expansive and unpredictable territory. Prison Art, a Dark Place Where the Muse Never Leaves 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z In “Undiscovered,” we hear plaintive ukulele, birds, and occasional crickets, and see forest scenes in the soft, earthy colors of dusk and morning. The Screening Room: “Undiscovered” 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z It didn’t bother me, in those days, to think that a man might someday view me as Newland views Ellen: “the most plaintive and poignant of a line of ghosts.” The Age of ‘The Age of Innocence’ 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z The plaintive tunes feel honest and raw, and then shift into unexpected, exhilarating gears. Review | The musical ‘Once’ sounds fit as a fiddle at Olney Theatre 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Fan: Scores of readers responded with their hearts open to this poignant and plaintive question — and my response. Perspective | Ask Amy: Single mom is in a New York state of mind 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z However, where the latter face a raging argument about whether or not they are "authentic", Band of Horses sound nothing if not plaintive and sincere. Band of Horses – review 2012-11-20T17:50:09Z It is also the name for the plaintive, wordless singing in Spain’s signature folk music. The Enduring Echoes of Moorish Spain 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z But the more time you spend tracing the relationships embedded in her work, the more all-encompassing the ambiguous, plaintive declaration “What Is Psychedelic” becomes. Aura Rosenberg’s Seriously Playful Art of Collaboration 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Sarah's In the Land of Hifi is a brilliant album and Billie had a very sad and plaintive voice, understandable when you think of the demons she faced. John Prescott on Rumer: 'She sang only one song but it moved me' 2010-09-22T12:12:00Z Before "Dogs," indie movie soundtracks consisted mostly of plaintive scores and maybe one or two mood-setting songs. Super sounds of "Reservoir Dogs": How this heist film changed indie soundtracks forever 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z When King recorded the song, as his first single, Stoller added the plaintive "la-la-la" underscoring to help create an improbable, and angelic, hit. Remembering Jerry Leiber, the 'Hound Dog' Poet of Rock 'n' Roll 2011-08-24T06:10:00Z The steps, set to a plaintive horn theme from the Andante elegiaco movement of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 3 in D, are nothing much. Dance Review: The Bolshoi Performs Balanchine’s ‘Jewels’ in London 2013-08-14T21:10:21Z The nadir arrives in the plaintive “How,” a woe-is-me ballad undercut by Spektor’s wordless vocal interjections that sound as if someone were pinching her arm. Album review: Regina Spektor, 'What We Saw From the Cheap Seats' 2012-05-30T02:12:00Z The performance conveyed the plaintive brooding of the first movement and the driving intensity of the second. Review: A Symphony Talks Politics 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Cake, the British actor who was Jason to Fiona Shaw’s Medea, renders Max with an expert mixture of cocky machismo and plaintive resignation. | 'Restoration': Claudia Shear at New York Theater Workshop 2010-05-20T02:25:00Z Rock music gives way to the plaintive Bee Gees ballad “Holiday” and the pace slows accordingly. The Great Unknown Movie of the Century So Far? Here’s Mine 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z Feedback was restricted to faceless Nielsen ratings and perhaps a plaintive letter or phone call to executives complaining about a favorite show’s cast change or cancellation. How to Make a TV Drama in the Twitter Age 2013-08-09T14:51:02Z In a perverse way, Thundercat’s new album feels particularly suited for this moment — filled with both celestial, futuristic escapism and plaintive grief, the strength of human resilience and an unstinting sense of frustration. Think there can’t be a jazz-funk fusion superstar in 2020? Then you don’t know Thundercat. 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Yet his plaintive pianissimo phrases were equally impressive. Music Review: At Met, Bryn Terfel and Patricia Racette in ?Tosca? 2010-04-15T19:59:00Z Baked and moping in Amsterdam, he writes a plaintive song about his blunder: “Wondering why there are male hotel maids in other countries/You never see that/Never see that.” Review: Amazon’s ‘Patriot’ Takes the Spy Thriller to a New Place 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Audiences would be swept away by the plaintive beauty and folkloric character of the music. Copland, Thomson and Others in a Fantasy Music Festival 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z The plaintive introduction – with its echoes of Bill Evans at his most introspective – beautifully set the stage for Mallinger's statement. Saxophonist Pat Mallinger gets a moment of glory 2011-03-06T15:54:00Z They sang counterpoint melody lines that softened the accusatory lyrics in “Local Girl” and burrowed into the plaintive heart of “Night Still Comes.” Neko Case, Mavis Staples captivating at Hideout 2013-09-07T05:25:00Z Her smoky, plaintive voice, her intricate guitar picking and her modal melodies harked back to British folk roots, while her lyrics grappled with tangled, unresolved relationships. How a Sooty Old Piano Helped Beth Orton Reach a New Creative Peak 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z And why, after Ben asks his mother about his father, the film shifts to a plaintive Rose, who’s looking at a movie-magazine ad trumpeting “Our Brightest Stars.” Review: ‘Wonderstruck,’ Todd Haynes’s Imitations of Life 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Though often associated with smoky cafes, the art form becomes all the more electrifying when the sounds of strumming guitars, pounding feet and plaintive voices fill the fresh evening air. Under Madrid Skies, the Stars of Flamenco 2010-08-08T10:09:00Z The slow movement belonged to the magnificent strings, whose impassioned and plaintive lines Nézet-Séguin sculpted without his baton, a la Leopold Stokowski. Review | Philadelphia Orchestra triumphs in epic Seventh Symphony 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z The last track, “Leave Me Again,” is just her voice and acoustic guitar, plaintive and hopeful. Kelsea Ballerini Is Ready for Lift Off 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z It's a plaintive sound, whose settings of ancient Sufi texts often speak of sadness and exile, delivered with an immense vocal and tonal range. Farida Mohammad Ali: the mother of all Maqam 2010-07-01T21:30:00Z Other works, if less overtly painterly, evoked their time and place perfectly, with plaintive popular melodies shrouded in dense, virtuosic and often chromatic variations by some of the era’s best composers. Music Review: Kenneth Weiss in Music Before 1800 - Review 2011-09-26T21:58:02Z But it’s the plaintive, introspective, sometimes even bitter numbers that I return to, the ones that feel less like Broadway and more like life. Perspective | There will never be another Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z I do that because it forms a contrast: I like to temper or twist the mood of the music with perhaps a more plaintive vocal, so it takes you on a winding journey. New Order’s next album is coming: Bernard Sumner talks “Complete Music,” Peter Hook and why it’s important to “glow for a very long time” 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Some numbers are actually songs, like “Tiffany,” a plaintive ballad, and the dreamy “End of the World.” Spare Times for Children for Nov. 16-22 2012-11-15T23:10:06Z The mood is plaintive, melancholy, verging on fatalistic. Before Midnight: Richard Linklater's search for a happy ending 2013-06-13T17:59:01Z The power in his muscles is both animal and refined, particularly in the big seduction scene where he sways with Baby to Solomon Burke’s plaintive yet surefooted “Cry to Me.” 30 Years Later Patrick Swayze Still Stuns in 'Dirty Dancing' 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z It is the sound of late middle age, plaintive or wise or resigned, but what it lacks is the dark sumptuousness of a real baritone. A Brief Tussle with the Great American Songbook 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Her scintillating accounts of the scherzos deftly balance bursts of breathless passagework and plaintive lyricism. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z His story is in the mode of James Merrill’s lovely “A Different Person,” a plaintive account of coming of age by going abroad. Coming of Age as Performance Art: An Outsider in 1970s Japan 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z This powerful singing actress adds unusual intensity to her plaintive “Song to the Moon,” Rusalka’s famed lament, suggesting the character’s defiant side more than most sopranos. The Met Opera’s ‘Rusalka’ Is a Dark, Sexy Hit 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z In his Fascist “Caesar,” a plaintive air by Marc Blitzstein created an oasis amid encroaching darkness. Orson Welles, Musician 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z A plaintive few piano notes drift through the galleries, interspersed with a bit of ambient twang and electronic moan. Saatchi's Newspeak: the good, bad and indifferent 2010-06-06T21:00:00Z Alan passes the days waiting for the king, filling his empty hours by sitting on the shore of the Red Sea with his socks off, or writing long, plaintive letters to his daughter. A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers – review 2013-01-30T10:07:03Z I fell in love with his plaintive voice. Bowie and me 2013-02-23T08:00:24Z And there is the plaintive high tenor shading into a falsetto that suggests the lonely inner voice of a man singing to himself. T. Oliver Reid Performs at the Metropolitan Room 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z After Hicks’s explosive “No Way,” Macasaet sings the hip-hop comedy number “Don’t Lose Ur Head,” then Mueller steps up with a plaintive ballad worthy of Whitney Houston, “Heart of Stone.” Review | ‘Six’ is the pulse-quickening pleasure trove that Broadway has been waiting for 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z The tone of his essay, and of this impertinent book, however, is as plaintive as it is lemony. Books of The Times: An Academic Hit Man Brings More Bad News 2011-04-05T21:12:11Z The intricate, industrious patterns — involving plaintive lines, obsessive ostinatos, string scratchings and more — exuded adventure and intensity. Review: Kronos Quartet Fosters Contemporary Works for Strings 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z About as straightforward as things get is on the plaintive “Good Advices,” when Stipe wails, “Home is a long way away.” R.E.M.’s “Fables of the Reconstruction” hit a major milestone this summer, quietly: A look back at the oddball album that never quite found its place in time 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z They played something impossibly plaintive, a piece of music in which the sadness built interminably, it seemed. Music: Musicians Sound Out for Russian Prisoners 2011-07-07T11:00:05Z It's an unlikely recipe for success for Sheeran, who slowly built a devoted fan base in this country with plaintive, modestly scaled folk songs like "The A Team." Ed Sheeran: Pop stardom's thoughtful misfit 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Delivered by Mr. Nakayama in a plaintive cry as he accompanies himself on guitar, his ballad “Horses” distills the inchoate longings of these likable characters more effectively than any spoken words. Movie Review: ‘Touchy Feely’ Explores Family Emotions 2013-09-05T22:05:20Z “This has become a very important job,” Mr. Goldstein said, sounding excited, if slightly plaintive. Expert on Vice Presidents Much in Demand 2012-08-03T20:35:03Z The author is by turns plaintive and picaresque. Short Story Collections for an Ever-Changing World 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z There were plaintive ballads sung in the traditional sean-nós style; there were flutes and fiddles; and, naturally, there was plenty of percussive stomping and intricate footwork. Spoiled by Beauty and Deals on the Irish Coast 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z Performing the show’s most emotionally direct song, “It’s Not Impossible,” his rather high plaintive voice, which suggests a softer-edged Dave Matthews, expressed frustration over his inability to cry after a breakup. Music Review: Ben Sollee at the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse 2013-04-21T21:09:07Z He took a chair, strummed his guitar and sang plaintive songs in Spanish in a high, nasal voice. On Mexico’s Sea of Cortez, a voyage of discovery 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z More than a decade ago, Woods started in secret, with Earl recording his plaintive songs alone in his tiny Brooklyn bedroom. Woods Became David Berman’s Band. Then They Picked Up the Pieces. 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z “Everyone has a person they sing their love songs to,” Jobi Riccio sings in “For Me It’s You,” a slow, terse, old-fashioned country waltz complete with a plaintive fiddle. Rosalía Issues an English Request, and 9 More New Songs 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z The plaintive piece, originally performed by Lee in 2011, tells blunt stories about disappointments, then breaks into songs about how, say, none of us are special enough to avoid catastrophe in life. Review | ‘We’re Gonna Die’ makes you feel okay about it 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Hearty yet shadowy, fanfarelike orchestral bursts alternated with his wistful playing of ruminative passages for violin, rich with Slavic fervor and plaintive lyricism. Review: A Fast-Rising Czech Conductor Leads the Philharmonic 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Ittai Shapira brought the solo violin writing to life with a sweet, plaintive tone and an almost narrative approach to phrasing. Music Review: At Merkin Concert Hall, Concertante Blends New and Old 2010-05-18T21:26:00Z “I do this, too,” he tells his child, plaintive and annoyed. Dave Chappelle and Louis C.K. Confront a Changing World 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Sondheim may be celebrated for his wit, but the choices often veered toward the plaintive and consoling. Review | A blessed event for hard times: Sondheim sung by Broadway’s best 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Intimidation errands or straight-up murder, Ray takes them on with the same unquestioning attitude regardless of how plaintive his targets may be. Smart Watch: Let’s look at men via portrayals in “Mr Inbetween,” “Insecure” and other T... 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Sad fathers of lost sons and disappeared daughters populate these quiet stories, in a book unified by a gently plaintive tone, heavy symbolism and a reverence for Tennessee. New Southern Fiction By Percival Everett, Wiley Cash and Andrew Siegrist 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Their concerts would often conclude with "Songbird," McVie's plaintive, mournful contribution to "Rumours." Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac, a distinctive voice whose hits spanned decades, is dead at 79 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Lenker has a buzz cut; her voice is plaintive and nervy. The Ordinary Brilliance of Big Thief 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z There’s something about her plaintive voice curling around “traveling, traveling, traveling” that fills me with a sense of hopefulness, even now. ‘Here She Comes Now’ review: How Miley and Sinead changed our lives 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z I stared for a while at Alice’s message, so plaintive and weightless, without even the anchor of punctuation. Are You There, Dad? It’s Me, Alice 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z In what might be Rihanna’s finest vocal performance to date, she stretches on “Higher” to find the plaintive voice cracks that are Ms. Bourelly’s specialty. A Self-Proclaimed Outsider Moves Closer to Pop Music Limelight 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Don’t imagine a lonely bottle, bobbing in the sea, bearing its plaintive missive. ‘Consent,’ a Memoir That Shook France, Recalls Living a ‘Perverse Nightmare’ 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z The new album sustains more of a plaintive air, with songs about eroded trust, exasperated patience and wounded indignation. Critics' Choice: New CDs by Sharon Jones, E-40 and Bill Callahan 2010-04-04T21:55:00Z At times resembling medieval viol-consort music as daubed with a Japanese brush, the work is more rigorously constructed than it sounds: simple, plaintive motifs circle and recur, like fallen leaves caught in limpid pools. Music Review: Momenta Quartet at the Stone 2013-01-09T22:51:07Z She is very affecting in the plaintive aria where Simon's daughter laments no longer having "a father of flesh and blood." COT's dazzling 'robot opera' poses provocative new questions 2011-04-03T18:39:00Z Most nights on Hollywood Boulevard, the urban soundtrack blends the dull thump of music spilling from bars, the raucous laughs of club kids and the plaintive mumbles of panhandlers in need of a buck. Why artist Tim Youd is spending his nights on Hollywood Boulevard retyping John Rechy's hustling novel 'City of Night' 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z “Her point of view suggests a woman who grew up riding horses under the open sky of the high plains. Even Miss McCaslin’s experiments with Motown songs conjure a plaintive rusticity.” Mary McCaslin, Folk Singer Who Lamented the Lost Old West, Dies at 75 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z “Time To Walk Away” harks back, with its craftsmanship blurred, to the mid-1990s sort-of-reggae-pop of acts like Ace of Base, adding a plaintive nostalgia. Kanye West Dips a Toe in the Moment, and 10 More New Songs 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z He commented to the singer of Lady Macbeth that one plaintive woodwind note in her sleepwalking scene held the whole key to her twisted psychology. ?Attila? and Muti in Debuts at the Met 2010-02-19T18:03:00Z With string arrangements soaring over his plaintive voice and twangy guitar, “Bella” echoes the grandeur of Roy Orbison hits, and on certain songs his voice spirals into the same ethereal realm. The Artistry Is Apparent, So Where?s the Audience? 2011-02-06T22:52:21Z The first single, “Ophelia,” echoes “Ho Hey,” down to its tambourine and part of its chorus melody, but it’s more openly plaintive. Review: The Lumineers Return, Weary and Disillusioned 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z The slow third movement, for example, is tender and wistful, with wide-spaced harmonies, plaintive melodic writing and episodes of restless agitation. New York Youth Symphony Plays Copland’s Symphony No. 3 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z White, who is known for singing in a plaintive voice that straddles the line between punk rock and the blues, first gained fame with drummer Meg White in Grammy-Awards winning rock duo The White Stripes. Rocker Jack White and wife throw a divorce party 2011-06-10T20:44:22Z Hers was not a trained voice, but it was a splendidly traditional one: high, sweet, lyrical and plaintive, accompanied by the Appalachian fretted dulcimer she had learned to play as a girl. Jean Ritchie, Who Revived Appalachian Folk Songs, Dies at 92 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z “We were speaking past each other,” a plaintive Woodward writes, “almost from different universes.” In Bob Woodward’s ‘Rage,’ a Reporter and a President From Different Universes 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z In the second one, “The Last Spring,” every twist in the beguiling melody, at once poignant and consoling, is cushioned with Grieg’s plaintive chromatic harmonies. Malmo Symphony Plays Grieg ? Review 2012-01-13T16:26:56Z The bassoon and oboe played soft wailing tones, then segued into plaintive, twisting melodic lines. Review: Suzanne Farrin’s Imaginative ‘La Dolce Morte’ at the Met 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Benko, distinguishing male and female characters through vocal adjustments, enacts posthumous meetings between a poignantly soulful Desdemona and a surprisingly plaintive Othello and an accusatory Desdemona and a rather sharply defensive Emilia. Toni Morrison's ghostly 'Desdemona' blends words and music in lyrical revision of Shakespeare 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z “It’s a plaintive American narrative that here becomes an expressionistic odyssey, both rapturous and melancholic,” Manohla Dargis wrote in her review for The Times. What’s on TV Wednesday: Awkwafina and ‘The Revenant’ 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Jimmy Ruffin, a soul singer best known for his plaintive 1966 Top 10 hit “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted,” died on Monday in a Las Vegas hospital. Jimmy Ruffin, Singer of a Memorable Motown Hit, Dies at 78 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Last year, after canceling some shows, Juanes sent a plaintive tweet to his followers, who number more than five million: “STOP.” The Colombian Rock Star Juanes on MTV 2012-05-27T00:43:09Z “Journey to the Shore” is more wistful and plaintive than strictly unnerving, with an emotional force that edges in like an afternoon shadow. At the Cannes Film Festival, Some Gems Midway Through 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Meanwhile a grandmother is reduced to a series of plaintive voice-mail messages, and a neighbour talks of her thwarted desires to become a wife. Like Someone in Love – review 2013-06-22T23:05:00Z Her voice is plaintive and frail, but the kind of frail that is fierce. Rickie Lee Jones and James Taylor 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z “Love Me Girl” was complex funk, with hurtling drumbeats, jittery processed piano chords and a plaintive refrain: “Don’t give up on me.” 2010-01-30T00:57:00Z It’s not going to be to everyone’s taste, but I found it intriguing, with layers of tension and stormy weather and distant, plaintive voices. Review | From New York City Ballet: Big music, big dancing (mostly) 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z The union of Jack and Gladys, even viewed intimately, remains a thing of mystery in this plaintive play about the ghosts that gather around the marriage bed. | 'Haunted': A Longtime Marriage, Threatened Inside and Out 2010-12-09T04:30:00Z And Mosser, as the diva’s devoted companion, finds a resonant emotionality in songs such as “What She Needs,” her plaintive aria of thwarted desire. Review | This revival of ‘Grand Hotel’ offers only cold comfort 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z I find retailing alternately anxiety-inducing and soothing, a plaintive plea followed by a sturdy hug. We Are All Storefronts Now 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z It was a plaintive, nimble and haunting voice that blended elements of Primitive Baptist church choirs and the Grand Ole Opry, music on which Mr. Stanley was weaned in far southwestern Virginia. Ralph Stanley, bluegrass master, dies at 89 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z The narrator in “The Other Man” is “anxiously scanning the strange faces” as he lands in San Francisco, weary, unsettled by the traffic and the plaintive sound of radio jingles. Viet Thanh Nguyen’s ‘The Refugees’ couldn’t come at a better time 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Hunched over a piano in the glow of a single spotlight, he played something plaintive and plush. Dance Review: ‘Baldwin Through Dance’ Adapts a Poem and a Novel 2014-04-27T21:15:38Z His plaintive refrain “Have you seen Oliver?” to various people, as the day dies and he’s left crouching in the shadows, and all to the sublime music. 'Absolutely kills me': you pick your saddest movie scenes 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z Then a cut, and there, kneeling on a stretch of sidewalk, is a young man in jeans and a red hoodie, an obscure, plaintive expression on his face as he holds your gaze. Confronting the “Shocking” Virtual-Reality Artwork at the Whitney Biennial 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z “I keep on knocking/No one is there,” Mr. Holt wrote for a plaintive chorus in “Let Me Come In,” a lyric that continues: Will Holt, Who Wrote ‘Lemon Tree,’ Dies at 86 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z But the Album of the Year Grammy went to Sinatra for “September of My Years,” his plaintive commentary on the art of aging. Always Lonely: A Visual Celebration of Sinatra 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z He is shabby and plaintive, but unbowed; he is endlessly resourceful and adaptable; he is always being impeded but never defeated; he is bowed but not broken.” Book review: ‘Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life,’ by Peter Ackroyd 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Yet in plaintive passages, the melting warmth of her tone and the supple way she shaped long lines held you in thrall. Review: Anna Netrebko Makes ‘Aida’ Her Own at the Met Opera 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Jarmusch keeps referring to the film as a comedy – pretty funny, plenty of jokes – but his sales patter carries a plaintive note. Jim Jarmusch: ‘I’m for the survival of beauty. I’m for the mystery of life’ 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z The influence is far stronger on the pulsing On Top, where the plaintive melancholy of Streten's beats underpins New York rapper T Shirt's taped braggadocio. Flume – review 2013-01-25T16:46:34Z Even in collaborations, SZA’s voice always leaps out: pungent and plaintive, sometimes brazen and sometimes forlorn, easily demanding attention. SZA Revels in Mixed Emotions on ‘SOS’ 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z These are songs that reach for the sky yet speak to you personally, Ben Bridwell's vocals finding new peaks of plaintive yearning; the hooks virtually tumbling over each other to capture perfect, dewy pop. Band of Horses: Infinite Arms 2010-05-13T22:30:00Z Above is a radio rip of Ego, a six-and-a-half minute track that builds from a fairly standard, intricately programmed opening before Yorke's plaintive croon emerges from the fog to create a surprisingly melodic centre. New Music: Thom Yorke, Burial and Four Tet ? Ego 2011-03-16T15:44:38Z Mr. Blanchard, in his trumpet solo over the plaintive theme, struck a careful tonal balance, sounding haunted but unflinching. A Cri de Coeur From Jazz Musicians in a Black Lives Matter Age 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z It is their plaintive cry that sends Mr. Critic on his quest: Where to find the newest high, the craziest, out-there flavors, the tastes of now? Hey, Mr. Critic: New York at First Bite: Oh, the Places You?ll Go 2011-07-28T20:30:08Z “What are we going to do?” recalled Ms. Glenn, 26, with a playful bored-child’s plaintive emphasis on do. Fledgling Fashion Designers Use Fund-Raising Site to Raise Capital 2012-06-20T19:05:36Z Which innocent woman, soon to perish, sings this plaintive song? Woodlands in literature quiz 2011-02-09T15:52:26Z In conversation, Parker’s voice is a calm baritone; in his songs, it’s a plaintive, sustained tenor and falsetto, higher and more fragile, a tone of exposed emotions. Tame Impala Makes Music for Loners. But Now Kevin Parker Plays the World’s Biggest Stages. 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Updated with that plaintive title, an ominous cover image and the publisher’s absurd puffery about its brilliance, this novel seems genetically engineered to trick buyers into taking it seriously. Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Heart Goes Last’: A satire of unbridled capitalism 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z The music evokes, and somehow deftly blends, disparate influences: grim Expressionist harmony, plaintive klezmer melodic writing, even hints of jazzy dance. Two Russian Tours, One Led by Evgeny Kissin, the Other by the American Symphony Orchestra 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z “What’s It All About?” might almost be the plaintive cry of a visitor transported from the middle of the last century, wondering when recycled pop hits became the standard scores for Broadway shows. Theater Review: ‘What’s It All About?’ at New York Theater Workshop 2013-12-06T03:00:11Z This plaintive appeal was posted on the classifieds site Gumtree this week by a Sunderland fan with, arguably, more money than sense. Why money is all you need to meet and greet Cheryl Cole and co 2012-10-10T14:36:33Z On the other hand, there are the usual CW compensations — pretty faces, plaintive pop songs — along with a bracing harshness that’s unusual for the network. Television Review: CW’s ‘The 100’ Puts Teenagers in a Post-Apocalyptic World 2014-03-18T19:43:14Z While the piece is a duet with electronics, it begins with a plaintive solo line, lonely yet warm, like the glow of firelight spied across a snowy plain by night. Miranda Cuckson at Spectrum and Paul Huang at Lincoln Center 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Here's special guest Boy George, bustling on to apply his ravaged vocal cords to the plaintive Somebody to Love Me. Mark Ronson and the Business Intl 2010-09-30T20:30:00Z Yorke’s music is unfailingly beautiful and richly layered in electronic beats, poetic lyrics and his high, plaintive vocals. Perspective | Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke dances like no one’s watching — and it’s a beauty to behold 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Her first line includes a muttered expletive and her next, offered to a star-struck roadside clerk, is both plain and plaintive: “Where am I?” Venice Film Festival: How Does Kristen Stewart Play Princess Diana? 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z But where the usual beggars are “simple and plaintive,” these newcomers “had a distinct sort of haughtiness, almost aristocratic.” A Town Is Besieged by Children, Foreign and Violent 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z In Mr. Tunick’s orchestration the suite is eerily mellow and alluring, with echoes of Ravel, complete with a plaintive saxophone that suggests a jazzy Paris night spot. Music Review: Philharmonic’s ‘Symphonic Sondheim’ at Avery Fisher Hall 2013-01-30T23:29:07Z More than a quarter-century after the Soviet Union dissolved, Russia remains in many respects our doppelgänger, and the cry is heard, in ever more plaintive tones, “where is the collusion?” Three Blockbuster Novels From the 1950s, and Their Remarkable Afterlife 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The logy whine of a cowboy harmonica, plaintive, weary, it will fade into the hills slow as slow Hank Williams. Guardian book club: Lorrie Moore's Collected Stories 2010-04-02T09:00:00Z This isn’t “Blazing Saddles”; audible flatulence is restricted to a single plaintive note, rather than a full symphony. ‘Flux Gourmet’ Review: Mastering the Art of Fringe Cooking 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Singing in a rich, plaintive voice, Presnell played the brief Kafkaesque part of a lovelorn New York cockroach in an otherwise cheesy, sex-fueled musical featuring aerial acrobats. Brooklyn's Bushwick becomes world-class arts mecca 2011-07-31T19:46:10Z Then he sang the plaintive verses about a working class man living in the shadow of “that mansion on the hill.” ArtsBeat: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the Apollo Theater in New York 2012-03-10T09:43:47Z The plaintive “Song” finds them combining and illuminating each other’s surgical skills for dissecting the fractured human heart. London Theater Journal: Nowhere Man 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z White-topped gorse and cherry-red currant bushes gave color to my panorama, the plaintive chorus of sea birds the only soundtrack. Footsteps : Following Dylan Thomas in Wales 2014-03-20T20:37:20Z He draws equally from both albums, and his keening, cracked falsetto remains a thing of wonder, ladling plaintive yearning over the wintry melancholy of Holocene. Bon Iver 2012-11-09T11:58:06Z His faltering efforts “to become a better person” may be the most plaintive tragicomedy Franzen has ever written. Review | Jonathan Franzen’s ‘Crossroads’ represents a marked evolution in a dazzling career 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z This rhapsodic piece is by turns agitated, searching and plaintive. Music Review: Aspen Music Festival Takes Its Act on the Road 2014-04-17T23:18:43Z In the evenings all over Phnom Penh, the sound of plaintive Khmer love songs leaks into the darkness, feedback and all, from their giant speakers. Virginity for sale: inside Cambodia's shocking trade 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z “The plaintive wail that goes up from Wall Street, whenever I corner it, is a touching tribute” to himself, Nicholas van Alstyne announces in the opening minutes. Theater Review: ‘The Henrietta,’ a Comedy Set in 1887, Resonates Today 2013-06-18T17:56:55Z As he walks with his mother along a Manhattan street, the child at the book’s center looks up at her and utters a single, plaintive word: “Mummy.” Paul Zukofsky, Virtuoso Violinist and Literary Executor, Dies at 73 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z The lengthy and plaintive eruption that can be heard in the film is, in fact, one of Strickland’s own. Welcome to Peter Strickland’s Worlds 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z In 1823 a mermaid became entangled in a net off Yell in Shetland and made "a low plaintive sound" as it was inspected by the crew. The Fabled Coast by Sophia Kingshill and Jennifer Westwood - review 2012-08-03T21:55:09Z The plaintive guitar, menacing beat and dreamy vocals had me immediately breaking out Shazam to figure out what it was. Weekend Listening: Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi's Rome 2011-11-11T19:12:50Z There is a plea, here, a plaintive note in "asked for". Poem of the week: Darts by Christina Dunhill 2012-08-27T11:35:18Z Besides the plaintive harmonies and ringing guitars that defined their power-pop origins, the boys have added a few shades of darkness, depth and beauty to the hooks. Top Chicago indie albums: BBU, Willis Earl Beal, Hood Internet 2012-12-13T18:59:00Z But it's not all macho posturing: the plaintive cries of a young whale abandoned by her mum to fend for herself will break your heart. BBC Proms 2010-07-23T05:44:00Z A plaintive violin melody, beautifully wrought by Ms. Alikhanova, weaves through the second, played with intensity here. Music Review: Moscow String Quartet at Frick Collection - Review 2011-10-04T20:14:39Z In certain beguiling passages, as when wistful clarinet lines hover over wide-spaced plaintive orchestral sonorities in the opening movement, “A Cold Clear Dawn,” Mr. Rogerson risks evoking such models too closely. Review: 56 Years Presenting the Best of Young Artists 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z In Ms. Mahwash’s singing, words, expression, ornamentation and piercing plaintive sound combined with mesmerizing naturalness. Music Review: Afghanistan Veteran, Afghan Sounds 2011-06-19T22:09:51Z The key to the work is its second movement, another Moderato, with its plaintive solo viola opening, played with exquisite warmth here by Mr. Rostad. Music Review: Shostakovich Quartets as an Intimate Diary 2010-10-26T20:09:00Z Young's raw energy is evident in his tremendous power chords and fierce delivery on electric tunes, balanced by a high, plaintive croon on unplugged numbers. Neil Young documentary captures raw energy of live show 2010-03-19T19:14:00Z No similar accusations could be leveled against “The Light Years,” which finds a sweet, plaintive and ultimately too unvaried melody in its stories of failed aspirations. Review: Big Dreams, Bright Ideas in ‘The Light Years’ 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z She shot me plaintive looks with her beady teen eyes. Lonnae O’Neal: Promzilla — out of control, and at a high school near you 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z They were just a plaintive moan about lost love. How we made: Heart of Glass 2013-04-29T15:27:00Z “Game Change” begins with Mr. Schmidt jogging as he gets a plaintive call from Senator McCain, who curses his press coverage and begs Mr. Schmidt to help his campaign. | ?Game Change?: In ?Game Change? on HBO, Julianne Moore Plays Sarah Palin 2012-03-08T13:00:00Z The group’s hornist, Neil Page, brought a particularly rich variety to his tone, from rough mutters to husky squawks to plaintive smoothness. Music Review: Ensemble MidtVest at Merkin Concert Hall 2014-04-13T21:45:34Z Ms. Grigorian sang Salome with a plaintive radiance that few sopranos summon. At Salzburg, an Unlikely Operatic Trio of Women Finding Their Way 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z The police response was as physically imperceptible as the iPad's plaintive cries. It ain't what you do, it's the way that you get a robot to do it 2013-05-25T23:06:07Z There are moments of lyrical flight, and Mr. Szot made the most of them, singing with rich, virile sound and plaintive phrasing. Music Review | ?The Nose?: Picture This: A Nose Goes Missing 2010-03-07T00:53:00Z There were at least nine distinct sections, though they were universally haunting, thanks in great part to Hughes’s plaintive vibrato and bluesy passing phrases, both of which recurred throughout. A one-of-a-kind performance from Sarah Hughes — and a handful of audience members 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Tonight, Bridwell's echoing plaintive voice and spindly guitar bleed into a hundredweight of instruments. Band of Horses 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z In the movie, Joplin’s letters to friends, lovers and her cautiously supportive but disapproving parents are plaintive and direct. Review: In ‘Janis: Little Girl Blue,’ Exploring Joplin’s Demons 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z At the end of “Infra,” a gentle pas de deux to Mr. Richter’s plaintive string melodies, the piece seems to offer some kind of resolve through its tender, fragile human connections. Dance: Joffrey Ballet Takes on Wayne McGregor?s ?Infra? 2012-02-12T15:31:06Z It sent me back to the music, to songs such as "Dark Globe" with its almost unbearably plaintive final refrain: "Won't you miss me, wouldn't you miss me at all?" Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head by Rob Chapman 2010-04-24T23:09:00Z Antonio Giovannini brought plaintive humor to the countertenor song sung by a miserable swan recalling life on his beloved lake while he spins and roasts on a spit. Music Review: From Chicago, a ‘Carmina’ Opens Carnegie’s Season 2012-10-04T12:42:45Z Sometimes, though, those silences are filled with the irresistibly plaintive tones of down-home folk songs and performed with increasing assurance as the show proceeds. Review: Songs Say What a Family Can’t in ‘Sundown, Yellow Moon’ 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z And while Salieri’s plaintive prayers seem intended as spoken arias — “Let your sound enter me,” he implores. Review | ‘Amadeus’ at the Folger will be music to your ears 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Such contrasts arise throughout: archaic choral polyphony and modernist whisperings, keening string clusters and plaintive drones. A ‘Stabat Mater’ for the 21st Century, Colored by a Composer’s Faith 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z The title track from Reed’s 1975 album is a powerful and plaintive love song that demonstrated his vulnerable side. Lou Reed: 11 Essential Songs 2013-10-27T22:56:46Z Chuma steps on the piano keys or drapes herself across Terry’s back as he plays something beautifully plaintive. Review: Ambition and Audacity From the School of Hard Knocks 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Gliding on peaceful ocean vistas and plaintive indie ballads, whimsical conversations and tinkling French ditties, “Etienne!” encourages us to brake for sunsets and smell the daisies. | 'Etienne!': Rodent Road Trip and Human Bonds 2010-09-02T21:40:00Z Some, like the title track of “Sprained Ankle,” pass in a uniformly plaintive key. Julien Baker: Sad Songs That Whisper and Howl 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z She sure sneaked up on us, innocent little Paige, with her bangs, her sweet plaintive eyes, her down vests. 'The Americans' Recap: Season 2 Ends With an Answer (Jared) and a Question (Paige) 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z “Today I Started Loving You Again,” a plaintive love song about obsession co-written with Bonnie Owens, became one of the country genre’s most covered songs. Merle Haggard, revered country singer of common man anthems, dies at 79 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z The desire to seem shocking — as opposed to a curiosity about thresholds physical and ethical — tends to produce provocation of a very plaintive sort. ‘Cat Person’ and Other Tales of Discomfort in a Debut Collection 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z The song evokes Indian ragas through spare intervals and spiraling lines in the piano part, and Ms. Lustig sang sultry, plaintive vocal lines above it. Music Review: ?New York to Paris, Paris to Paradise? at Merkin Hall 2012-03-14T22:11:32Z "Blood for Poppies" is the cool, trendy one who's nonchalantly talking up strangers, while "Sugar" is the incurably romantic, the perpetually lovesick one whose plaintive whispers haunt you. Review: Garbage releases your kind of album 2012-05-23T19:32:09Z This is a pretty creative take on the simple, plaintive song on loving and longing. Rob Delaney's new releases review 2013-04-22T05:00:00Z For the first season, the pre-eminent drummer and sometime keyboardist Jack DeJohnette recorded his first solo piano album, “Return,” a collection of gentle but austere compositions, often in a plaintive minor key. Streams? What Streams? For Newvelle Records, Vinyl Is the Future 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z In her video, she lip-synced her chorus into a wooden spoon, then extended the spoon to the camera with a plaintive look in her eyes, seeking resolution. How Big Can a TikTok Duet Get? 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z The ad features images of dismembered fetuses with the plaintive cries of “Mommy!” echoing faintly in the background. The ever-changing ideologies of Jane Roe 2013-01-03T16:29:00Z But let's talk about the other site comments, the plaintive ones. "My Son Hunter": There's barely even a movie inside this deep-state right-wing grift 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Here the narrative thread starts with this plaintive thought: "I am beginning to think Maybe I never knew him, really." 'A Widow's Story': Joyce Carol Oates' memoir of life after her husband's sudden death 2011-04-14T21:50:05Z At the sudden and surprisingly ambiguous end of “Nixon in China” we hear Chou’s plaintive aria asking, “How much of what we did was good?/Everything seems to move beyond/Our remedy.” A Witness Sees History Restaged and Rewritten 2011-02-11T19:47:04Z After a few minutes the Roots’ guitarist Kirk Douglas stepped to the fore, saving Mr. Legend, and the song, with plaintive, piercing phrases that connoted desperation and agony. Music Review: Putting Ballads Aside for Soul That?s More Soothing Than Sweaty 2010-09-24T22:07:00Z He quotes a plaintive post by a programmer named Rob P. on the Q. & A. site stackexchange.com. How to Understand Your Computer 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z The actress performs a gorgeous rendition of “New York, New York” as a plaintive ballad not of ambition but of longing, and like her co-star, she’s on full-frontal view here. Shame: Michael Fassbender's Naked Launch 2011-12-01T09:55:12Z Each episode ends with a plaintive strain of Dean Martin, with the resonant lyrics, “I don’t know what I’m doing / More than half of the tiiiime.” Maria Bamford’s Melancholic, Hallucinogenic, and Very Funny “Lady Dynamite” 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z We know, because every day a plaintive soul cries out into the wilderness on Twitter: Whatever happened to plain iced coffee? Cold-brew. 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Or, on the next track, “careful what you wish for,” witness how the plaintive opening for violinist Josh Modney provides a contrast with the comparatively unflappable sounding verse from Brown. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z The result is simply breathtaking, a plaintive reminder of the majesty of the Beatles’ narrative itself, as well as our sense of irreparable loss over Lennon and Harrison’s absence from the story. "Now and Then": The history of the Beatles' final song and how it's getting released 46 years later 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Its tone — knowing, droll, plaintive, shuttling rapidly between pain and hilarity — elevates it to its own kind of specialness. In Praise of Evan S. Connell 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z That aura suffused George Harrison’s music and his life, and resounds throughout Scorsese’s fine, ultimately plaintive tribute. Review of Martin Scorsese's George Harrison documentary 2011-10-17T18:00:00Z Its "profound, plaintive" cries echoing along the laneways of Old Aberdeen, it strikes many as an interloping pest, yet in its native coastal habitat, it is in worrying decline. Field Notes from a Hidden City: An Urban Nature Diary by Esther Woolfson – review 2013-03-15T17:42:01Z The soundtrack doesn’t swell — often, the plaintive notes of a lute are the only accompaniment. PBS adaptation of ‘Wolf Hall’ fit for a king 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z The plaintive tunes help establish his character: wounded, gruff, thoughtful, an easy touch for a lost cause, a hard-boiled hero with a soft center. Television Review: Jackson Brodie Mysteries on PBS - Review 2011-10-14T23:14:58Z “It seems like the plaintive sounds and themes of loss resonate across cultures and experiences,” he said. Appalachia on the Seine: Bluegrass Swings in Paris 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z But the work’s steadier pace and pure, plaintive sonorities, reminiscent of Renaissance viol music, fared better in the space. Music Review: Look & Listen?s Informal Feel at Chelsea Art Museum 2010-05-09T22:21:00Z A lithe, flowing first movement leads to a plaintive Adagio, followed by bustling Presto finale. Review: Young Concert Artists Is Back, With a Superb Pianist 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z In both works, the cadences have that distinctive Mamet cut, but Pacino's whining New York delivery has a plaintive tone even when his words are pummeling. In David Mamet's perplexing 'China Doll,' Al Pacino can only roar weakly 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z These musicians cultivate the characteristic Russian orchestral sound, with dark, mellow strings, reedy, plaintive woodwinds and weighty, soft-edged brasses. Music Review: Mariinsky Orchestra at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-10-07T21:24:21Z Yet within the clamor Mr. Cox’s voice remained lonely and plaintive, full of questions and beset by uncertainty. Music Review: Amid Cacophony and Rapture, a Plaintive Quality Prevails 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z The night began, for example, with three newer songs that moved the folk-rock sound of previous Fleet Foxes releases into the entirely new territory of prog rock, but still layered with Pecknold’s plaintive singing. Seattle’s prodigal band returns; Fleet Foxes puts on stellar show 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Nézet-Séguin gently drew a sighing violin line and plaintive chords from the strings, and the choristers almost muttered the word “Requiem,” as if afraid to say it out loud. Review: For 9/11 Tribute, the Met Opera Returns Home 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z Ms. Taylor is the lovelorn and sometimes savage frontwoman of He Is We, who sings plaintive songs about romance and hope and perseverance while her bandmate Trevor Kelly slashes away at his acoustic guitar. Music Review: Optimism Encounters Frustration 2011-07-08T22:47:59Z His plaintive lines float atop undulant orchestral ripples and bucolic woodwind harmonies tweaked with clashing intervals. Review: ‘Marnie’ Stays in the Shadows in Nico Muhly’s Opera 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z In her copious, often plaintive letters to Mr. Fullerton, Ms. Wharton opened the stable doors to my stifled thoughts and feelings. Google broke my heart 2012-12-04T01:00:00Z Ms. Womack is an exceptional singer with a plangent voice designed for lingering on notes and words, especially plaintive ones — that’s why some of the wordier songs here, like “Tomorrow Night in Baltimore,” feel forced. Albums by Leonard Cohen, Otis Brown III and Lee Ann Womack 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z A quietly plaintive score by the composer Tamar-kali provides rooted resonance to this investigative and intimate work of belonging. ‘After Sherman’ Review: A Family Reckoning 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z And if you Google "Las Vegas Pepsi," your results will produce the plaintive "Why is there no Coke in Las Vegas?" I tried to find a Coke in a Pepsi town 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier sounded almost plaintive in talking to advertisers about his network’s shows: “These are not built for subscribers, they’re built for you, to help your brand.” Networks rely on reboots, franchises amid streaming’s rise 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Ms. Boeck sings with a plaintive passion that dovetails perfectly with Ms. Frank’s performance. Review: ‘Spring Awakening’ by Deaf West Theater Brings a New Sensation to Broadway 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z In the video, O’Connor matches the viewer’s gaze in a plaintive, unflinching way. The Feminist Trailblazing of Sinéad O’Connor 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Ms. Ade doesn’t pretend to have an answer to our most profound questions about love in her plaintive scenes from a romance. | 'Everyone Else': Maren Ade Puts Love Under the Microscope 2010-04-08T22:54:00Z As for his favorite tracks, Bowers agrees with my uncle: the plaintive and groovy “Water Boy” really is something special. The Music of Don Shirley Is More Resilient Than Any “Green Book” Cliché 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z The requests became more plaintive and exacting as the evening wore on. The Enduring Wisdom of ‘Goodnight Moon’ 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Only now it feels like a plaintive holdover from a distant, more innocent time — like 2015. Colbert Rides a Trump Wave, While Fallon Treads Water 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Another powerful song built around contradictions was “Poison and Wine,” a plaintive folk ballad by the Civil Wars, which Mr. Butz sang as a duet with Lauren Kennedy. Music Review: Norbert Leo Butz in Cabaret at 54 Below 2012-08-06T22:54:10Z He folded his hands at his waist, twiddled his thumbs and then, with his eyes twinkling again, put out a last plaintive call: “Anyone else want to be sworn in as a Senator today?” A Biden Moment 2013-01-26T01:36:39Z The words are uttered without apology in the plaintive tone of a stubborn little boy who insists on having everything his way. Review: ‘Born to Be Blue,’ Portrait of a Trumpeter as a Heroin Addict 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z It comes to a head in the epilogue, with a thunderous final chord, a long held drone that begins as a plaintive dirge for the mother but magnifies into the family's death-shudder. L.A. Opera's 'Dog Days' goes out with a bang, not a whimper 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Goldberg’s playing was often woven into other melodic elements — from piano, guitar, flute, trumpet — so it became a plaintive through-line, not an endless solo. Music Review: Emancipator Plays at Highline Ballroom 2012-02-03T23:23:15Z The men and women, usually seated, face forward with neutral expressions turned sober, plaintive even, by peculiar eyes shaped like warped peapods. What to see in L.A. galleries: Hot-button greeting cards, mesmerizing photograms 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z "On Wells's records," wrote the country-music historian Mary Bufwack, "sorrowful men and women acted out their emotional dramas through her plaintive vocals accompanied by a crying steel guitar." Kitty Wells obituary 2012-07-17T11:27:20Z It’s an exquisite piece of writing that uses a simple plaintive system to create a complex emotional effect. In a Dying Country, Garth Greenwell’s Narrator Comes Alive 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Luxuriant rubato was reserved for the slow waltz, a melancholy tune led by the plaintive sound of principal oboist Nicholas Stovall. At NSO, a rewarding introduction 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z The hushed strings and plaintive winds, which open and close the movement, achieve a moving sense of stoicism amid desolation. CD reviews: Two lyrical recordings of classic 20th-century scores 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z There is music in the air, oldies and plaintive cowboy tunes, something you notice only when the house isn’t packed. At Kickin’ Boot Whiskey Kitchen, libations and Southern delights 2012-12-13T22:07:37Z He can make a realistic setting seem deliciously weird, and the highlights in these stories often feature simultaneously funny and plaintive images that encourage our appreciation for “the pleasant absurdity of America.” The anxious, disappointing world of Jeffrey Eugenides 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z The concerto lurches from episode to episode, with the cello at first playing plaintive, elusive melodic lines, interrupted with panicky scurrying figures, atop gurgling ripples in the percussion. Matthias Pintscher Conducts in the NY Phil Biennial 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z In the paradoxically plaintive and joyous sound of a castrato’s voice channeling Handel’s music, the King has glimpsed a paradise beyond his fractious court and his burdened royal self. Review: Mark Rylance Returns to Broadway as a Mad Monarch to Cherish 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z It moved from contemplation to apocalyptic distortion to a sparse pianissimo before the song itself emerged, with all its odd, plaintive leaps. Music Review: Alternative Guitar Festival at Rockwood Music Hall - Review 2012-01-15T23:43:32Z The movie is clearer and more persuasive about this chapter of Hudson’s story, adopting a more plaintive tone as it explores an atmosphere of disdainful hysteria that prevailed at that time. ‘Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed’ Review: Living a Double Life 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z With a few clicks, she is over the rainbow and flying through U, where she becomes Belle, a hyperbolic beauty with a plaintive singing voice and a billowing curtain of pretty pink hair. ‘Belle’ Review: Soaring and Singing Over the Online Rainbow 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z But then something like a melody arrives, and the song begins to resolve itself into something clean, plaintive, not nervous at all. The Playlist: Pearl Jam Kicks Up a Fury, and 9 More New Songs 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z So Ms. Wolfe inventively juxtaposes a plaintive Yiddish folk song with a lively Italian tarantella-like piece. Review: With Protest and Fire, an Oratorio Mourns a Tragedy 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z “Stay with me,” she softly sang, a plaintive lyric from “Into the Woods,” the musical she had recently seen with one of her daughters. Mimi O’Donnell Seeks Solace in Theater After Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Death 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Best to think of the songs, festive or plaintive or pleading, as so many strange confections in a heart-shaped box. Playlist: Albums by Rosie Thomas, Punch Brothers, Luis Perdomo 2012-02-12T15:54:38Z “Midwest Farmer’s Daughter,” which begins with quiet resolve and cycles through several moods, ends with quiet near-despair: the plaintive “World’s Greatest Loser,” a sort of country-roads “One Art.” Listen to Margo Price 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z It happens most bewitchingly on “Machine,” a track driven and punctuated by Mr. Kotche’s meticulous drumming, alongside a plaintive, drifting violin and a gluey electronic undertow. Review: Missy Mazzoli’s Unsettling ‘Vespers for a New Dark Age’ 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z She has stood on city sidewalks and cried out plaintive letters to an unspecified lover. The Week Ahead: June 17 — 23 2012-06-15T18:42:32Z But the plaintive wish of “When I Grow Up” will linger in your ears, as will the uppercuts of the kids’ resistance anthem, “Revolting Children” — a number that aptly captures this production’s crisp, jabbing style. Review | The revolting children have comic bite in ‘Matilda the Musical’ 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z In “The Pisces,” her first novel, Broder expands her personal, plaintive mythology of love troubles, sexual siren songs and the inevitable march toward oblivion. The Merman of Her Dreams 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Throughout the vibrant Scherzo, the plaintive Adagio and the episodic and ultimately exuberant finale, Mr. Gilbert brought out musical resonances that linked Rachmaninoff as a harmonist to Debussy, Mahler and even early Schoenberg. 2010-01-09T01:00:00Z Nunez’s narrator folds incident, anecdote, history, rumor — even fairy tales — into a plaintive litany. Review | Sigrid Nunez’s ‘What Are You Going Through’ is an ambitious novel about the meaning of life and death 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z At the peak of the ascent the line twisted into a soft plaintive turn, delivered in two halting phrases. Anthony Tommasini’s Musical Moments 2012-11-16T16:10:59Z “It’s been so long since I felt really known,” Mering admits with plaintive candor, playing wallflower at a party where everyone else seems immune to the loneliness she feels. Lou Reed’s Folky Velvet Underground Demo, and 9 More New Songs 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z The image is a little poem of loneliness, as plaintive as the sound of a sitar played far away late at night. Small Shows at the Metropolitan Museum 2010-08-05T22:21:00Z He'll answer questions in fits and starts, gnomically, in obscure one-liners or by means of silences punctuated by cigarette puffs or plaintive grunts. Cheers for Frears 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z Accompanied by a plaintive cello melody, the scene is easily overplayed. An Unassuming Prince Dons the Velvet Cloak at Ballet Theater 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z What’s most immediately striking about the 10 songs are the synthesizers gurgling and pulsing in the places where Van Etten’s plaintive guitar previously resided. Review | Sharon Van Etten’s 9:30 Club show was emotional, jittery and very much a new chapter 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z That aura suffused George Harrison's music and his life, and resounds throughout Scorsese's fine, ultimately plaintive tribute. Review of Martin Scorsese's George Harrison documentary 2011-10-05T14:20:00Z He has impressive control of his vibrato, sometimes singing high-lying, plaintive phrases with focused sound and choirboy purity. Oratorio Society of New York Performs ‘St. Matthew Passion’ 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z The songs, performed by Mr. Kahane with plaintive directness, are beautifully, often ingeniously, orchestrated. Music Review: American Composers Orchestra, at Zankel Hall 2012-03-25T21:32:27Z It's always garage revisited, but sometimes he plays the fool, sometimes he sounds facetious, other times he strikes a more plaintive, empathetic note. New band of the day (Leon T. Pearl 1,555) 2013-07-17T14:05:00Z “Afterparties” is a deeply personal, frankly funny, illuminating portrait of furtive, meddling aunties, sweaty, bored adolescents and the plaintive search for survival that connects them. From Anthony Veasna So, Glimpses of Cambodian Life in California 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z He is clearly a talented singer with a sweet, plaintive sound and a nice facility in bel canto. Caramoor festival scores with Donizetti rarity 2010-07-25T18:16:00Z She took care to enunciate technical passages and excelled in the Andante’s plaintive melody. Energetic, expressive BSO performance at Strathmore 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z The soprano sings in plaintive phrases of disarming poignancy in parts. Review: The Hazy Mysteries of Love at Lincoln Center 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z It was the quality of her voice—economical, confident, tinged with a bit of plaintive longing. The Melancholy Pop Idol Who Haunts China 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z But to his family, he is a hideous monster, his plaintive attempts to communicate causing them to shield their ears in pain. | 'Metamorphosis': Inhabiting a Six-Legged Nightmare: What Becomes a Monster Most? 2010-12-02T22:14:00Z Last night they played the score attentively, almost shyly, keeping strict time during the restless Scotch snaps, and quiet sobriety through the plaintive fiddle lament and haunting, shifting drones. Hebrides Ensemble – review 2012-06-15T12:58:16Z Only a plaintive anthem sung by soldiers on the eve of battle stands out, partly because its sentimentality has little to do with the central love triangle. ‘Cyrano’ Review: Who Wrote the Book of Love? 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z This apathy is encapsulated, handily, in the devastatingly plaintive lyric “God knows I tried,” from a song of the same name. Lana Del Rey Is Exhausted 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z He revived his career with “You Are So Beautiful,” a plaintive ballad originally performed by one of its co-writers, Billy Preston. Joe Cocker, singer known for his raspy voice and unbridled performances, dies at 70 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Among the most memorable musical settings was the plaintive piano melody that accompanied Sonnet 20, “A woman’s face with nature’s own hand painted.” Robert Wilson Puts ‘Shakespeare’s Sonnets’ (in German) Onstage 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z “Guilty” is slow and plaintive, reluctantly trudging onward like a Neil Young piano ballad as it unveils its increasingly tangled romantic dilemmas. Taylor Swift’s Heartbreak Dreamscape, and 9 More New Songs 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z It looks at you with plaintive eyes and cries: say it ain't so. Heather Mills to save the planet 2011-03-03T20:00:01Z He pays close attention to lyrics and takes chances, as in a rendition of Joni Mitchell’s “Case of You,” almost never sung by a man and for which he unfurled a plaintive falsetto. Music Review: Aaron Tveit at 54 Below 2013-05-12T20:06:45Z Snail Mail’s first EP, “Habit,” was released on D.C. label Sister Polygon in July 2016, and soon Jordan was making quite the impression with her old-soul lyrics, indisputable musicianship and plaintive, yearning vocals. High school’s done. Now comes indie rock stardom for Snail Mail. 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z She sends plaintive text messages to her daughter, calls her mother. When the ‘Change of Life’ Means It’s Time to Change Your Life 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z “Meet me under the clock,” I told him, a plaintive lover’s refrain through the generations. Modern Love: A Once-Upon-a-Time Romance 2011-03-03T20:37:34Z As the song ends, the title question hangs in the air in plaintive treble. John Strauss, Composer of ?Car 54? Theme, Dies at 90 2011-02-18T04:53:38Z And thirdly there are his hissy, scratchy, simple and plaintive piano tracks recorded on his laptop. New band of the day ? No 769: James Blake 2010-04-20T15:20:00Z So, there are no plaintive strings and no choirs, just energetic art-rock recalling Animal Collective at their most visceral and Wolf Parade at their most playful. New music at Iceland Airwaves: Who Knew ? We Do 2010-10-14T09:24:00Z Marsh's brittle, plaintive sound and outwardly methodical constructions disguise a warmth and an energetic intelligence. Lee Konitz/Warne Marsh: Lee Konitz With Warne Marsh 2010-07-15T21:31:00Z The plea for beauty and moral complexity may sound merely plaintive. “Books Smell Like Old People”: Do Teens Read Seriously Anymore? 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z “Don’t Say Nothing Bad About My Dad,” she bleats in a plaintive solo. | 'The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World': Three Sisters, a Deluded Dad and Some Wretched Rock 2011-06-08T02:15:25Z “This next one is called ‘Scattered Words,’ ” said a young woman with an acoustic guitar, and she broke in to a plaintive tune that reminded me of Vampire Weekend. Vegas on the Cheap? Get Off the Strip 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Atop it, there's a plaintive vocal, devoid of the paranoia. MIA: Maya 2010-07-08T14:30:00Z He sings in a warm, resonant, melancholic baritone, which coasts upward into a plaintive falsetto. Strangers on a Train: Gabriel Kahane’s Wrenching “Book of Travelers” 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z She had fine support from the pianist Julius Drake, with both musicians conveying the contrasting character of each section, from the eerie, plaintive nature of “Where Corals Lie” to the turbulence of “The Swimmer.” Music Review: Alice Coote Offers Plenty of Flair at Zankel Hall 2010-04-06T22:38:00Z But all the sounds were natural, nothing was amplified, and the music she wrote was rich with mystical modal harmonies and plaintive melodic lines. Incidental Music in ?Winter?s Tale? and ?Merchant of Venice? 2010-07-19T21:26:00Z And when he does, what begins as a child’s plaintive longing becomes a double haunting, with resentments on both sides. Review: In ‘Hamnet,’ Shakespeare’s Son Takes the Stage 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Wheeler's lower-range long notes are tremulous but expressive, and his shapely double-time playing, afterthought-like resolving notes and trademark plaintive squeal still add up to an inimitable improvising style that explores an equally unique compositional vision. Kenny Wheeler/John Taylor/Steve Swallow: One of Many - review 2011-03-24T22:10:00Z The other dramatic competition high point was the plaintive, gorgeous and finally exultant “The Last Black Man in San Francisco,” the first feature directed by Joe Talbot. The Sundance Film Festival Comes Through (Again!) 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z And they could be desperately yearning, like the plaintive “I Read,” from “Passion.” Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The sketch is told as a plaintive song performed by Chalamet, the best friend of the errant horse. Timothée Chalamet sings adieu to SAG-AFTRA strike on 'SNL,' and Alec Baldwin appears 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z In Spotsylvania County, both sides can agree that Tuesday’s election will determine whether any progress is possible and whether a plaintive cry to restore civility, heard from many across the political spectrum, can be met. Virginia school board elections face a pivotal moment as a cozy corner of democracy turns toxic 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z Better yet, you'll learn how to see through it systematically, through six categories that begin with denial, and then a series of fallback strategies and retreats ending in plaintive cries of catastrophe. Lies, damned lies and "corporate bulls**t": A consumer's guide to bad-faith arguments 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Not even a total desertion of all her social media accounts has prevented her from becoming a TikTok favorite for her plaintive, devastating ballads. Our expert picks for the can't-miss albums, concerts and music books 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z “Rich Men North of Richmond” is a very different song — more plaintive than confrontational, more stripped-down than bulked-up. How right-wing-endorsed country sensation Oliver Anthony scored a left-field No. 1 hit 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z As a result, her plaintive wooing merely heightens the self-absorption of her egotistical love object, Narcissus. Celebrate Women in Translation Month with these 6 audiobooks 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z In his much-consulted Facebook group, people seeking housing post smiling selfies and plaintive appeals for help; far less frequently, Mr. McKeon and others share available rentals. In Provincetown, Mass., a Matchmaker Helps the Desperate Find Housing 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z “These characters bursting into song would make no sense at all,” said Dan Gillespie Sells, who composed the show’s plaintive, country-tinged songs. ‘Brokeback Mountain’ brings two rising acting stars to the London stage 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Milgrim’s “Mr. Cellophane,” from “Chicago,” adds a dancer’s supple physicality to a song about being permanently semi-anonymous: Is it now a movie extra’s plaintive lament? Review | If you must see a Kander and Ebb show, this is the one to see 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z This indicting yet plaintive message speaks to the challenge of those of us who are Ohavei Yisrael/Lovers of Israel as it celebrates its 75th year. Faith in a better future for Israel endures beyond the fallibility of the moment | Op-Ed 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Jason Robert Brown composes a stirringly lush, operatic score of intense marches and plaintive ballads for this horrific story, which is packed with pathos but not much drama. Review | Ben Platt takes the lead in a too-stately ‘Parade’ on Broadway 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z A plaintive cry came from the audience more than once at Monday’s surprise North American premiere of “John Wick: Chapter 4” at the South by Southwest Film and TV Festival. 'Get up, Keanu!' Reeves unveils 'John Wick 4' at surprise SXSW screening 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z She missed the coat so much after she returned it that she posted on Twitter a video montage of herself wearing it, set to the plaintive Sarah McLachlan song “Angel.” The ‘It’ coat this winter is … a pasta puffer? 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z In its unforced, plaintive artistry, it nurtures to a palpable ripeness the beauty and burden in these all-too-hidden lives. Review: Rare gem 'Alcarràs' shines a light on the all-too-hidden lives of farmers 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z In that time, the California Republican gained not a single additional vote, despite trying concessions, indignation, confrontation, plaintive appeals and occasional brave smiles. Analysis | House Republicans’ dysfunction points to more chaos ahead 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z “Remember that you came,” he crooned in a plaintive voice on the recording, “from a pueblo with values.” For this Oaxacan merchant, marigolds mean more than ever this Día de Muertos 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z This plaintive cry is not new, at least to anyone who has paid attention to Jewish debate in the last decade or more. Review | ‘Bad Jews’ exposes the fault lines in American Judaism 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Femi Temowo’s blues underscoring is a welcome addition, landing on the ears as richly evocative of New York in the 1950s and supplying a plaintive embroidery to the overarching sadness of the proceedings. Review | A volcanic new ‘Death of a Salesman’ erupts on Broadway 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z Finally, and grotesquely, Cannon declared that her ruling was “ inherently impacted by the position formally held by plaintive.” Column: The Mar-a-Lago judge's latest opinion is as atrocious as legal experts say it is 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z The cars that had actually been built were almost all scrapped, leaving behind, as this effort's principal legacy, the powerful but plaintive 2006 documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car?" narrated by Martin Sheen. California's ban on gas-powered vehicles: Huge victory in the 50-year war for the electric car 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z “Khalifa knew that the merchant was making him a gift of her, and that the young woman was not going to have much say in the matter,” Gurnah writes with his usual plaintive wit. Review | Never read Nobel winner Abdulrazak Gurnah? Start with ‘Afterlives’ 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z That was the rather plaintive response of a man on Twitter when news broke that Kansas voters had rejected an attempt to remove the right to abortion from their state constitution. If the majority is irrelevant, how do you explain Kansas? 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z In a plaintive tweet that scored high on the mournfulness scale, the team said “it once was a bright, bright sunshiny day . . . ” Saturday was our second wettest day in a wet month 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z His plaintive message: “I hope President Putin will help us to stay on track with respect to what we need to do for the climate.” Opinion | Biden’s scheme to cap oil prices reflects his incoherent Russia policy 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z He said, “It definitely, definitely hurts,” and it carried the plaintive sound of a great champion trying to get back there. Andy Murray, Emma Raducanu exit Wimbledon, but Brits keep calm, carry on 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z But along the rest of the road, the signs are plaintive appeals for mercy from the Russian soldiers: “People live here.” After Rapes by Russian Soldiers, a Painful Quest for Justice 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Fuehrer was walking his two other dogs — both Lilah’s offspring — a few hundred feet down the road from his house Sunday when he heard a plaintive yelp. Trooper crawls into drainage pipe to rescue missing dog 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z When my kid wants that extra 15 minutes on her favorite app, her plaintive request will come through iMessage as well as a pop-up notification on my Apple devices. Now you can approve your kids' Screen Time requests from Messages 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z And he delivered a plaintive plea to would-be migrants to stay home, telling them to be wary of paying smugglers to help them make the journey. DHS seeks to show border strength ahead of expected migrant surge 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Ahmad al-Hamwi, whose brother died on the boat along with his two children, had one, plaintive demand: that religious leaders pressure the prime minister to do whatever was necessary to recover the victims’ bodies. A tragedy at sea shakes Lebanon’s poorest city 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Each time, they passed through a doorway marked in dripping red paint with the plaintive words “Attention. Children.” Forced into a basement in Ukraine, residents began to die 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z But the effect throughout is a kind of plaintive uplift — “like dancing with a broken heart,” as they put it in the opening title track. How producer Brandi Carlile helped Lucius turn domestic heartbreak into dancefloor joy 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z He read a plaintive cry for help from Mississippi. This Is What Happens When Globalization Breaks Down 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z And yet there was something particularly plaintive in Le Pen’s notification. France’s Far Right Turn 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Set to plaintive string music, the video depicted parents crying as they kiss their children, wounded Ukrainians in hospital beds, children in tears, and bloodstained sheets over corpses. Addressing Congress, Ukrainian President Zelensky pleads for military aid 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Who hasn’t asked themselves the same aching question framed by the Bee Gees in their plaintive 1971 masterpiece, “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?” Review | Her heart was broken — so she turned to science 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Multiple videos from around the country have portrayed scenes of burned Russian tanks, dead Russian soldiers and captured Russians, some barely out of their teens, making plaintive calls home to their parents. The war in Ukraine isn’t working out the way Russia intended 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z Most of us have heard the plaintive songs of humpback whales, or the cries of orcas chattering with their pods. Scientists want to create a library of every sound in the ocean 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z That “mighty glad you stayed” lifts “Stuck on You” from merely plaintive to trembling with humility. We've been thinking about Lionel Richie all wrong 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z As night fell, cries in Arabic from onlookers of “God is great!” grew more numerous and plaintive. Boy pulled out of well in Morocco dies after four-day rescue mission that transfixed the world 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z “Why would you do this?” she said in one of several plaintive replies. Former film industry lawyer in D.C. gets jail term for blackmail and coercing sex 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z Often it’s held in check by other qualities: playfulness, knowingness, sardonic wit, plaintive sorrow, a joy in being alive. Sidney Poitier was more than a symbol. He was one of the great movie stars, full stop 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z For a moment I thought I could pick out the deep, plaintive wail of a military alarm. An eyewitness to history, as it broke: I was there — and no, it didn't make sense 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Last year she wrote a song for the show, the plaintive “All I Want,” which went viral on TikTok and led to a deal with Geffen Records. How Olivia Rodrigo went from Disney princess to pop queen: 'I’ve only ever seen myself as a songwriter' 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Amid so many voices, a few plaintive pleas pierced the noise: On Travis Scott’s Utopia Mountain, a night of release turns deadly 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z “Do writers not care about my kidney donation?” she asks at one point, a query plaintive and wincingly petty. Opinion | What ‘Bad Art Friend’ and the Facebook whistleblower say about our ‘connected’ lives 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z A plaintive series of notes played, out of nowhere, on a bass recorder. Opinion | In a galaxy far, far away, the Parliamentarian is our only hope 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z But the cricketer turned posh international celebrity turned politician was in turn indignant and plaintive as he painted the United States as an abandoner of both Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan. Imran Khan paints Pakistan as victim of US ungratefulness 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Darwin's final words on the topic, written in 1880 just two years before his death, expressed a plaintive hope that future developments might reconcile the needs of natural selection with physics calculations. When Lord Kelvin Nearly Killed Darwin's Theory 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z The plaintive question posed by a Queens resident whose neighbors drowned was on the lips of many after the remnants of Ida furiously swept through the Northeast. Why was Ida so devastating as it flooded the Northeast? 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z The president's plaintive is related to the sudden slowdown in demand for the vaccine, as supply now outweighs demand for the COVID-19 vaccines. Mobile vaccine clinics have made vaccines more accessible — and could be the future of public health 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z Booming cannons, plaintive period music and hushed crowds ushered in the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War during morning ceremonies in Charleston, South Carolina. Today in History 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z And he tells stories with a plaintive lyricism that reminded me that Black folks in Chicago were primary creators of the American musical tradition known as the blues. Review | For 20 million felons, the punishment never stops 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Used by adults in a plaintive manner; used by quaranteens with an air of bragging about how much harder they’ve had it than their parents did when they were teenagers. From ‘anti-masker’ to ‘Zooming’: Words and phrases that have become part of our COVID-19 vocabulary 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z “It’s no secret,” he says over the plaintive whine of a steel guitar. Bruce Springsteen, Morgan Wallen and the myth of unity 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z For her “Lost in Translation,” she used his plaintive “Too Young” as accompaniment for Bill Murray’s lonely drive through Tokyo. French band Phoenix finds all the right grooves for 'On the Rocks' 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z “This is a great nation. We are good people,” Mr. Biden said, speaking in simple goals, sounding almost plaintive at times in his 21-minute address. Washington Breathes an Uneasy Sigh of Relief 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Then came his plaintive cry, repeated again and again: “I can’t breathe.” A Thai dissident was kidnapped. When police had no answers, his sister began to investigate 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z So the plaintive questions about what we will possibly do with ourselves after Trump leaves the scene are the wrong questions, or at least they're far too small to match the scale of our predicament. What will American politics be like after Trump? First of all, he's not going away 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Abraham Lincoln’s plaintive plea in his inaugural speech — “We are not enemies. … We must not be enemies.” — went unheeded; 11 states refused to accept Lincoln’s election and formed the Confederacy. Opinion | If you can’t think of anything worse than the other side winning, imagine this 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z “I am the Governor’s Deputy Digital Director,” Tori Saylor said in a plaintive posting to Twitter. Trump’s attacks on political adversaries are often followed by threats to their safety 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Set to a plaintive piano, the video presented images of harmony between New York City police officers and citizens. 41 WNET Employees Call for Resignation of C.E.O. Neal Shapiro 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z A plaintive ballad delivered over a rolling piano riff, Dearest Beverley is part of a Jamaican music scene taking its first steps towards global glory. A thousand teardrops: how doo-wop kickstarted Jamaica's pop revolution 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z Both movies feature the famed Bemelmens Bar in the Carlyle Hotel, songs of plaintive jazz vocals and the city as a backdrop of real places and fantasy encounters. Review: Woody Allen is back with 'A Rainy Day in New York.' But it's just more of the same 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z The plaintive refrain of the reggae single she recorded with Siale on a recent day goes: “One meter away, quarantine until when?” Kenya’s small-town singers hope coronavirus-inspired lyrics make for smash hits 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Honestly, if you want to know on which side of 50 someone is, just hum a few notes of the film’s plaintive theme song and watch the eyes. Column: Gale Sayers and 'Brian's Song' changed sports movies, and male friendship, forever 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Hospitals began to fill and the plaintive wail of ambulances became a nighttime soundtrack. In the Epicenter of Mexico’s Epicenter, Feeling Like a ‘Trapped Animal’ 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z That plaintive question echoes through “Losers: Dispatches From the Other Side of the Scoreboard,” 22 essays by different writers who try to describe and define athletic adversity. Review | In sports, winners get the glory. What happens to everyone else? 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Frantic owners posted plaintive messages on social media with photographs and locations, in hopes that strangers would try to retrieve them. As death toll mounts, volunteers brave Oregon wildfires to rescue stranded livestock 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z The haunting, plaintive wail of New Guinean singing dogs once resounded throughout the island’s lush mountains and valleys. New Guinea’s mysterious singing dogs found again in the wild 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z The plaintive tone from speakers sounded like a telethon, not a party working out its disagreements. Hits and misses from the conventions 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z The minute that guitar hit the first plaintive notes of “Suicide Is Painless,” we were transfixed. Op-Ed: As a doctor on 'MASH,' Hawkeye showed me how to get through this war on the coronavirus 2020-08-16T04:00:00Z Rock this driving and vocals this plaintive shouldn’t fit together so well. Review: S.G. Goodman blends rock, gospel in tasty debut 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z The dark skies over this mid-Michigan city were a plaintive marker of a nation utterly disrupted in a matter of months. AMERICA DISRUPTED: Troubles cleave a nation, and a city 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z In 2014, he sent a plaintive, handwritten letter to a Georgia judge pleading to be freed from jail to care for his loved ones. Rayshard Brooks struggled in system but didn’t hide his past 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z |
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