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
But the pointedness of Bosworth’s latest comments struck a nerve.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
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
Schumer has always been fearless about calling out double standards, including her own, but this season of her show has a political pointedness that both reflects the moment and drives it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2015
Miss Smith again indulges in reflections on society with a great deal of freedom and pointedness of expression, which much amuses cousin George, who laughs approvingly at what he terms the "sharpness" of his relative.
From Physiology of The Opera by John H. Swaby
