pointedness

Example Sentences

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The simplicity and riveting emotional pointedness demonstrated how those Deep South songs could work across genres—and continents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

There’s a specific pointedness to the fact that Linda, who bares her soul to a colleague played by Conan O’Brien, is charged with managing other peoples’ issues as a mental health professional.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

You may be sensing a pointedness to my tone.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2019

Here, too, we find the irreverent pleasure in the telling, the attitude of moral justice, the pointedness of the voice.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 21, 2016

But suddenly she perceived a new pointedness in her mother's biting summaries; and she turned, with a slightly startled look in her eyes.

From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor