The phrase "a pointed message that" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a message that is direct, clear, and often critical or significant in nature.
Example: "The article conveyed a pointed message that the government needs to take immediate action on climate change."
Alternatives: "a clear message that" or "a direct message that".
He then defended the doctrine six years later, again at West Point, after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, a year ago, when he issued a pointed message that "we will do what is necessary to protect American troops and the American people".
Instead, it has reminded banks that they can always borrow at a "penalty rate" of one percentage point above a benchmark rate that is now 5.25percentt — a pointed message that those who speculate and lose have to pay some price.
Her subsequent donation to Planned Parenthood was a pointed message that her fight would continue.
But it was the Almighty God's more pointed message that really caught the Party's attention.
That was the pointed message that the Nobel Committee sent last year, when it awarded the union a Peace Prize for its role in "the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights".
The June 2013 speech has been viewed more than 1.5m times, and its pointed message – that sexism and inappropriate behaviour would not be tolerated in the armed forces – launched Morrison into international headlines.
Your lunch date will be perplexed and will either get the pointed message that it's annoying to have another person focused on an activity that distracts and takes them away from the central purpose of being at lunch, or they'll at least stop their chatting and ask you some questions about your behavior!
Conservative websites seized on his appearance, posting it along with other pointed messages that Williams had tweeted about Romney.
Douglas Carswell used his victory speech in the Clacton byelection to deliver a pointed message to Ukip that it must reach out to all communities as he called for it to be the "party for all Britain and all Britons".
— President Bush on Tuesday defended his doctrine of military intervention to shut down potential national security threats before they mature, and he issued a pointed message to Pakistan that "we will do what is necessary to protect American troops and the American people".
It is an enterprise that is meant to send a pointed message to Tehran, and that becomes more urgent as tensions with Iran rise.
