pathos

Dickens was a master of heart-wrenching pathos because he felt every pain as he wrote.

This movie and the novel are a beautiful blend of pathos and comedy.

Braff is striving to convey a poignant blend of pathos and humor here, but his sort of striving is a form of cheating.

And the first two episodes were directed by Peter Berg of Friday Night Lights, who is a master of small-town pathos.

Once edgily shocking, the show now feels rich with pathos and poignancy.

There are others who disclose a special susceptibility to the more simple effects of pathos.

He is a funny figure, you say; but, by your leave, it seems to me that he is only a figure of a very great pathos.

Thomas Westfield died; a learned English divine, whose eloquence and pathos procured him the appellation of the weeping prophet.

Few poets have united as he has, delicate pathos and comic force, pure rêverie and the sense of the grotesque.

There was a touching pathos in Jakey's voice as he sang, and it was intensified when he asked, "Doan' you 'member me, honey?"