pointedness
Example Sentences
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But the pointedness of Bosworth’s latest comments struck a nerve.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
You may be sensing a pointedness to my tone.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2019
But Wojnarowicz’s art did not develop power and pointedness until 1987, when his close friend, the portrait photographer Peter Hujar, died, of AIDS, in St. Vincent’s Hospital, in Greenwich Village.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 18, 2018
Few cars have the pointedness, the intentionality of a 911 at speed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2016
"Or musical criticism," Lute remarked, with no glance at all, but with a pointedness of present company that brought from O'Hay: "Or just being a charming young woman."
From The Little Lady of the Big House by Jack London
