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Isabel saw them come with a good deal of assiduity to her aunt’s hotel, and judged them with a trenchancy which is doubtless to be accounted for by the temporary exaltation of her sense of human duty.

Chapter XX 1917

One pleasure in the rereading of Marx is to savor the trenchancy and aptness of his literary allusions.

The Revenge of Karl Marx 2009

Pianist Lambert Orkis, violinist Nurit Bar-Josef and cellist David Hardy dug into the score with robust tone and obvious affection, turning on a dime from trenchancy to delicate wisps of sound.

Kennedy Center Chamber Players' take on Previn, Haydn, Schumman Post 2010

One pleasure in the rereading of Marx is to savor the trenchancy and aptness of his literary allusions.

The Revenge of Karl Marx 2009

Strange that the only text that seriously can be said to rival Shakespeare in trenchancy and power of expression should be a work primarily of religion, not literature, a compound book by many authors and, for English readers, a work of translation as well.

Conveying truth through language « Anglican Samizdat 2009

One pleasure in the rereading of Marx is to savor the trenchancy and aptness of his literary allusions.

Archive 2009-03-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

One pleasure in the rereading of Marx is to savor the trenchancy and aptness of his literary allusions.

Pretexts for Marx, goads for Gandhi Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

Elbert Ventura for Reverse Shot: With its Biblical intimations and political trenchancy, Children of Men achieves an allegorical grandeur that obliterates misgivings about narrative plausibility - you can imagine its epic journey as a pop origin myth repeated to future generations (should they come, that is).

GreenCine Daily: Interview. Alfonso Cuarón. 2006

We hope that the quality of its writing, the trenchancy of its insights, and the depth and thoughtfulness of its reporting will inspire many of our online readers to join the Atlantic family by becoming print subscribers.

Full Content of Atlantic Monthly Site Now Free to All « ResourceShelf 2008

The holiday really is for all Americans, though I suppose a sourpuss leftist might, with boring trenchancy, be able to interject it isn't such a fine day for Native Americans.

'Let All Your Thinks Be Thanks' 2007