pointy
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They’re also huge — females can exceed 800 pounds and males 1,500 or more — with pointy horns and protective instincts, especially around the young.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
They came of age when Orlando Bloom’s Legolas, kitted out in a blond wig, armor and prosthetic pointy ears, was a teen heartthrob.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
A small, goggle-eyed creature with pointy ears and a mouthful of jagged teeth has somehow become one of the defining consumer products this decade.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
Elf ears first emerged about five years ago when an influencer in China posted about undergoing surgery to have more prominent, pointy ears.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Hurt factor: Medium to low, especially once I remembered that my nose was squat and squashy, not long and pointy.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
Since pointier wings indicate stronger flying and dispersal abilities, the team predicted such birds would be better equipped to respond to environmental pressures than those with rounder wings.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024
Smaller than wolves with pointier muzzles and ears, eastern coyotes are now common in the region.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2022
Rickshaws also have a distinct appearance—a classic autorickshaw, for instance, is yellow and green—and Amazon’s rickshaws look, well, like pointier versions of the sleek gray Amazon vans.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2020
Everyone was... not mean to each other, but a little pointier.
From The Verge ● Feb. 28, 2018
Velma T.’s back stiffened; her lips pursed; even her nose seemed to get a little pointier.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
In fact, only the very pointiest decoy, the eight-sided die shape, got pushed out almost every time.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2021
“Put animals in a small, closed space, and the one with the sharpest nails, the pointiest teeth wins.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2018
They're a linguistic tag-team, riffing off each other's answers and competing to make the pointiest barb.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2017
In broadcasting, it is not necessarily the sharpest wit but the pointiest elbow that often gets the prize.
From Time Magazine Archive
