And many who return to Trinidad during these days of jubilee are poignantly reminded of the choice they and their families made, to leave this warm, familiar island for the cold, gray edges of New York City and a chance at a better life.

It was as if, in hearing that phrase, everyone present had been poignantly reminded that Jorian de Courcy was a priest forever, no matter what else he might have been; and only God could judge him now.

Inhabitants of the subcontinent of India are poignantly reminded at this moment of the grave injustice that was done to them in 1947, when British India was partitioned without taking the wishes of its inhabitants into account.

The return of the nasty sprite had poignantly reminded him of the dangers in the region, and with the continuing inactivity in the farmyard, a fear budded within him, took root, and quickly grew into a sense of dread.

As she left the courthouse shortly after her meeting with Michael Li, she was poignantly reminded of the brief exchanges they had shared.

All at once, Camber was poignantly reminded of the delicate balance he constantly walked with Cinhil, despite nearly a decade and a half of close association, both as Camber and as Alister.

The moment of light-headedness had passed, but it had reminded him poignantly of his fatigue, already with him when he arrived in Rhemuth and doubtless made worse by what he had just experienced.

He liked what that did to her eyes, and he was poignantly reminded of the Sargent painting of Madame X. He said, 'I have killed your bodyguard, your Rottweiler and your maid.