pointedly

Example Sentences

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The question, though, is being asked more pointedly in Tokyo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

In this week’s State of the Union address, the president pointedly said: “Under this administration, we will always protect Social Security and Medicare.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

You and your husband, Ed Harris, kind of pointedly did not stand or applaud during a standing ovation.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Even Christian music performers Cory Ashbury and Forrest Frank pointedly announced that they won’t be appearing.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026

Another student asked him pointedly, “How can you tell us we can be anything when they treat us like we’re nothing?”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander