pointy

Example Sentences

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Wagner carries a purple cooking thermometer—the kind with the long pointy needle that you might use to check on your steak—to check for optimal chill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

If 2025 had a face, it was undoubtedly made of vinyl, with pointy ears, big eyes and a grin with precisely nine teeth.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

Most fruity martinis are actually daiquiri variations in pointy glasses.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

When they come out of the box, balls have a slick coating with ultra pointy ends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

We all wanted to catch the first glimpse of Cleopatra’s Needle as it poked its pointy top out of The Dessoug.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman