pointedly
Example Sentences
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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
“Foreign Tongues” pointedly concludes with Chuck Berry’s “Beautiful Delilah” as an homage of sorts to the forefathers who made the band’s existence possible in the first place.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 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
More pointedly, they risk losing the support of Washington.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Often silent, sometimes swearing, always pointedly looking at me, neck feathers ruffled, wings half out, beak extended.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
