Example sentences for: pointedly

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

  • Pundits agreed there is still no evidence of a policy quid pro quo, but the Los Angeles Times pointedly compared Clinton's pre-election withholding of information on the scandal to the Watergate cover-up that led to President Nixon's resignation.

  • The state office on domestic violence has pointedly agreed, warning that the ruling could cause abused women to hesitate in bringing their plight before the courts for fear of being chastised for their trouble.

  • Texas, she pointedly suggested, "must contemplate what its lax gun laws and liberal gun culture have created."

  • --Prudie, pointedly

  • The incident was, however, noticed by the NSC counterterrorism staff, which pointedly asked to be kept in the loop in the future.


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