| And when she is allowed to let go, her pleading is without plaintiveness, her passion brims over into compassion. |
| The whole film is so exquisite, and its plaintiveness so infectious, that only afterward do you realize that it was, to be blunt, the story of a one-night stand. |
| Mr. Pizzarelli's performances of both songs in his wife's presence conveyed a boyish plaintiveness. |
| He spoke with a delicate plaintiveness, in the nasal, twangy drawl of a Texan. |
| Its sweeping soundscapes, rustic plaintiveness and nods to Curtis Mayfield all added up to a strangely uninvolving experience. |
| She looked up at Sibylla with a plaintiveness coloured by malice. |
