pointy

Example Sentences

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Wagner carries a purple cooking thermometer—the kind with the long pointy needle that you might use to check on your steak—to check for optimal chill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

This bold diagonal, cut through the prim Quaker street grid, produced a great many awkwardly shaped blocks, including the pointy trapezoid between the Parkway and the Vine Street Expressway that houses Calder Gardens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 2025

And second of all, that’s gonna hurt much more than the pointy teeth.”

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2025

That’s because the twisty, spindly room centerpiece with large, pointy, deep green leaves is no ordinary tree.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

Cauliflowers grew in neat rows between pointy ridges.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell