Sentence examples for a pointed act from inspiring English sources

But it's equally significant as a pointed act of retelling.

The protest without a permit was a pointed act of defiance, particularly by the two most prominent opposition leaders: Aleksei Navalny, an anticorruption activist, and Sergei Udaltsov of the Left Front, a radical socialist group.

He doesn't have a master.' " But he adamantly refused to engage in any dialogue, she said, and went on to attend an unsanctioned rally on Dec. 15, in a pointed act of defiance.

The writer, in a pointed act of career suicide, delivers "Mantan: The New Millennium Minstrel Show" -- a blackface variety show, a "coon show" right down to the chickens and the watermelons and the bug-eyed plantation patter, starring two street performers (Savion Glover as Mantan and Tommy Davidson as Sleep 'n' Eat).

A black cape, a pointed hat and a broom.

Wainaina's lost chapter, then, was a pointed and deliberately provocative act.

— As Michelle Obama courted working women in battleground states last week by talking about the tough balancing acts in their lives, she was engaging in a balancing act of her own: Acting as a pointed critic of the Republican ticket while projecting an affable, ladylike (as in first lady) persona.

WASHINGTON -- The only Republican at a Senate hearing on the Paycheck Fairness Act Tuesday had a pointed question: What does the bill do for men?

O'Neal even voiced his displeasure in the locker room, saying, "We've got to act like a team," a pointed reference to Bryant's one-on-one forays.

Notably, the final point of the deal behooves the government to avoid all "acts of victimization and vendetta" against Mr. Qadri and his supporters — a pointed reminder of the culture of revenge in Pakistani politics.

It is a pointed criticism, for Weiss did the research on class action settlements that helped shape the reform act.