Example sentences for: pointedly

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

  • For another, it ends with Liza Minelli parading through a series of phantasmagoric stage sets singing a pointedly ironic song called "Happy Endings"--a sequence every bit as dazzling (and as mystifying) as the ballet from An American in Paris . Just as Mean Streets is an unparalleled demonstration of the power of film to convey reality, "Happy Endings" is a celebration of film's magical ability to create it.

  • But many more women wear a new version of pointedly Islamic costume.

  • 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.

  • So with Plan A plainly failing, Bradley has finally switched at to Plan B. His own revised strategy was on view in last night's WMUR/CNN debate, in which Bradley pointedly went after Gore in a way he has not done previously.

  • Höch pointedly or cavalierly toyed with this concept and eventually dispensed with it altogether.


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