pointy
Example Sentences
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Mrs. Mull poked her pointy face out from under the brim of her yellow sunbonnet.
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Looking up, he saw the dragon swooping toward him, its pointy red wings stretched to the full.
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Stephanie’s big green eyes, which are made up to look all pointy at the sides, grow large.
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“Why, yes, Mrs. Warne,” said the Right Reverend, sliding his pointy black boot forward just a hint to keep her door from slamming shut on his petition.
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The dog also doesn’t look like a regular pet or anything—no collar, and it has a kind of pointy snout and stuck-up ears, like a giant fox-wolf.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.