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
What’s most depressing about all these stories is that they pointedly highlight the problem with contemporary American media.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
He shrugged, then looked pointedly at the barn.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
