Sentence examples for a pointed one from inspiring English sources

I tell my students you can wear what she wears but you might be wearing it already which is, of course, a silly joke but a pointed one nonetheless.

The joke was a pointed one.

So the collection's title, "Reading Conrad" (Ohio State), is a pointed one.

It's a small moment, but a pointed one: for once, this character has chosen the welfare of a child over the expediencies of her career.

Sheckley, who died a few weeks ago, was a sci-fi satirist and his tale was merely meant as a joke, albeit a pointed one.

The current play at the McCarter, "Last of the Boys," is about Vietnam, but Ms. Mann's choice of the play in wartime is a pointed one.

Up to a point, one can agree.

Scenic Hudson has a point, one worth listening to.

Three of those by a point, one by six and one by five.

Up to a point, one can understand the idea to do something eye-catching.

Read had a point: One early tweet read, grandfatherishly, "Back to work tomorrow.