Sentence examples for a number of pointed from inspiring English sources

A number of pointed questions were left on the table.

But Lynch has hit back with a number of pointed questions, which HP has not so far answered.

The excerpt, from the book "Roger Ailes: Off Camera" by Zev Chafets, revealed little about Fox, but included a number of pointed one-liners uttered by Mr. Ailes, whose conservative politics appeal to many Fox viewers but infuriate his critics.

This opening is surrounded by a number of pointed projections called teeth, and Jennings showed that if some of these teeth are experimentally removed with a glass needle, the cell forms a daughter cell with a similarly reduced number of teeth.

And Ferrante's success has motivated a number of pointed attempts at uncovering who she really is.

The record has uncomfortable duds, like "Shoe Soul," which takes a pedestrian pun to absurd lengths, but also songs like "Daylight and Darkness," which poses a number of increasingly pointed questions about a lover's mood swings.

This week in the magazine, Ben Greenman notes that while the albums sometimes give up too much ground to disco, the lyrics are as brilliant as ever: "Daylight and Darkness," he writes, "poses a number of increasingly pointed questions about a lover's mood swings … the music is smooth, easy listening unless you're really listening".

Last month, amid the barrage of criticism aimed at owner Chris Hughes -- who'd just seen most of his staff resign in protest after Hughes forced out editor Franklin Foer -- a number of writers offered pointed critiques of the way the magazine has handled issues of race over the years.

A number of senators responded with pointed questions about the increasing casualties and the continuing fight in Marja, a Taliban haven that is not yet under control.

"She had some very particular notes on a number of scenes — logic questions, pointed notes about several of the relationships," he said.

Genzken's exhibition begins with lumps of plaster and model troglodyte dwellings, window-like objects framing emptiness, and a number of sleek, highly crafted things: pointed, aerodynamic-looking forms that thrust this way and that on the floor.