Recent Examples on the WebBut psychological acuity alone does not account for the novel’s effect on the reader, which depends more profoundly on the curious plangency of its style. Garth Greenwell, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2019 The tenor William Burden was a winning Florestan, vividly projecting his character through singing of sweet-toned plangency. Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2018