pointedly
Example Sentences
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Clemson coach Dabo Swinney had pointedly criticized Kiffin in the days before the game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
During extended chats with the UK media, one journalist asked, pointedly and with persistence, about realistic targets for the season ahead and questioned the club's willingness to spend enough to achieve them.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
When the possessive and paranoid Frank Ford runs into Margaret as she’s scurrying to meet his wife, Alice, he pointedly remarks, “I think, if your husbands were dead, you two would marry.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Let’s break down what we know—and, more pointedly, don’t—about McConnell’s condition, then get into the broader issue of lawmakers not being straight about their health.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
I turned around, half-expecting some snide comment, but she’d lost interest and was talking pointedly to someone else.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
