point-blank
Example Sentences
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It said they "point blank refused to accept that we couldn't do what we'd set out to do".
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
Torres should have restored the Catalans' advantage but, in a comical moment, hit the crossbar from point blank range and then immediately diverted the rebound against the post.
From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026
Had I been there, I would have asked him point blank: “Sir, do you think that’s a dignified response from the president of the United States to call a reporter a piggy?”
From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025
When asked point blank if he would accept a “Star Wars” role again, Isaac blankly answered in 2020, “Probably, but who knows. If I need another house or something.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025
There was something about his manner so suspicious that I asked him point blank if he had been asleep.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Vocabulary lists containing point-blank
