pointedly
Example Sentences
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Fielder pointedly asks the founder of Theranos, a health tech startup that collapsed after Holmes and the company’s president were charged with wire fraud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 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
The morning after the address, “Fox & Friends,” the network’s flagship three-hour morning show that typically serves as a rallying ground for administration priorities, pointedly neglected to even cover the speech.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
To some, what we call the Great American Songbook is pure romantic escapism, mired in fantasy and pointedly unrealistic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Except Abby kind of goes into her own world when she dances, so Nick and Martin end up bobbing self-consciously and pointedly not looking at each other.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
