pointed

IPA: pˈɔɪntʌd

adjective

  • (comparable) Sharp, barbed; not dull.
  • (comparable) Having a relevance to the matter at hand: pertinent, relevant.
  • (not comparable) In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities.
  • (comparable, of a comment or inference) Directed negatively at a person or topic.
  • (topology, algebraic topology, of a topological space) That has a named, but otherwise arbitrary, point (called the basepoint) that remains unchanged during subsequent discussion and is kept track of during all operations.
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Examples of "pointed" in Sentences

  • Craig responded, ‘No! ’ I again pointed towards the exit.
  • But – as Erin pointed out in another comment – we also get caught up in other things.
  • As Ezra Klein pointed out in the Washington Post awhile back, this is a terrible idea.
  • "Stefana said -- oh, I couldn't hear what Stefana said, but she pointed an 'pointed, an' I came lickety.
  • And I try not to give them what I call pointed advice, but I give them information so that they can make a decision.
  • But, as Durbin pointed out later in the letter, Crossroads GPS "has spent nearly $20 million on television advertising specific to Senate campaigns this year."
  • On one such recent walk, Mr. Feinstein pointed to a dandelion growing at the edge of Buena Vista Park in San Francisco and explained, "To most people it's a weed, but that's my garden crop."
  • Paulsen again pointed to history, saying the GDP growth of the past 25 years has been slower than most people realize, so that the current seemingly weak growth isn't actually that weak -- relatively speaking.
  • When Ms. Jane Gilman, fourth grade teacher at the Stewart School, purchased a jar opener marketed by "OXO" in New York City, she noted a problem with the product's directions - the directions read: turn the jar opener in a counter-clockwise direction, but the arrows on the label pointed in a clockwise direction.
  • "What we did was take a map of the United States and then we went head and pin pointed the members of congress that merited our attention and then we looked at those that might be politically vulnerable," said Joe Wierzbicki, a strategist with the conservative PAC Our Country Deserves Better, who are organizing the cross country Tea Party Express tour.

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