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
But the pointedness of Bosworth’s latest comments struck a nerve.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
Post-inauguration cold opens have varied in pointedness, becoming increasingly dependent on A-lister cameos of administration officials starting with Melissa McCarthy’s impersonation of Sean Spicer.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2019
“Why, come on, Lydia,” he cried with a good-humored pointedness, “I’ve been all over town looking for 118you.”
From The Squirrel-Cage by John Alanzo Williams
