Sentence examples similar to a pointed caution from inspiring English sources

Maybe a pointed joke would help?

The remark was a pointed one.

W.T.: It's like a pointed bay.

A pointed scene in "L.I.E".

So we have a pointed ending there.

Modern artists approach the subject with caution, in part because Mao Zedong saw the founding emperor as an inspiration and the Communist Party still views the ancient leader as a pointed allegory.

Modern artists approach the subject with caution, in part because Mao Zedong considered China's founding emperor an inspiration, and the Communist party still views the ancient leader as a pointed allegory.

The joke was a pointed one.

Is that a pointed decision by Apple?

Then came a pointed follow-up.

It was a pointed reference to Israel.