Its sweeping soundscapes, rustic plaintiveness and nods to Curtis Mayfield all added up to a strangely uninvolving experience. |
Mr. Pizzarelli's performances of both songs in his wife's presence conveyed a boyish plaintiveness. |
She looked up at Sibylla with a plaintiveness coloured by malice. |
And when she is allowed to let go, her pleading is without plaintiveness, her passion brims over into compassion. |
He spoke with a delicate plaintiveness, in the nasal, twangy drawl of a Texan. |
Likewise, her voice has a matter-of-fact plaintiveness that defines, but can also box in, her performance. |