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Example sentences for: pointed

How can you use “pointed” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The occasion was an op-ed piece I had written for the New York Times , in which I had pointed out that while wages and working conditions in the new export industries of the Third World are appalling, they are a big improvement over the "previous, less visible rural poverty."
Despite their many similarities, Koreans and Japanese have long been mutually hostile and have pointed to the vast differences between their languages as proof that they lack a shared ancestry.
These slangy expressions meet Nash's standard of conciseness in that they are pointed come-backs to a situation or a remark.
Another problem, pointed out by the Post : Boris Yeltsin sternly warned yesterday against any NATO deployment and his Defense Minister said such a move would plunge the world back into the Cold War.
It has often been pointed out that the term state planning does not capture the full scope of the activities that are included in the process as it is playing out across the country.