We like to think that the ridicule we employ in our cartoons is akin to, at most, a pointed teasing, but for some, even that is too pointed.
Even in a simple court dance, he's emphatic about the precise musical beat on which the foot has to be placed flat on the ground, the accent of a plié, the height at which a pointed toe should be lifted, the twist or curve of a torso.
The Victorian engineers' roof at St Pancras forms a pointed arch and has always seemed the very model of a modern gothic vault, all iron and glass rather than medieval stone and marble.
On stage at a mayoral forum in Harlem on Tuesday, the moderator strode along a line of cushy Ultrasuede chairs, stopping at each with a pointed question: What percentage of government contracts should be reserved for businesses owned by members of minority groups and women?
It was a three-story Victorian eyesore that at one point had had a pointed tower on the front, although this had been removed in 1944.
Reflecting the pressures on Mr. Obama, Lisa P. Jackson, the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, defended the president's record in a speech at the climate conference and made a pointed jab at Bush administration policies.
At the proximal end, a pointed stub-like density projects from PF A6 and connects to the neighbouring triplet at the end of the extended tail of the C-tubule.
At the end of Saturday's 2-1 comebatk at Watford the Italian made a pointed effort of embracing every player.
Something that will make the cording easier to thread through the holes in the leather is to cut it at a drastic, pointed angle.
