Questions became pointed, so I invented extravagant weddings, and then was promoted to manager, at which point I began doing "on-site estimates".
But as details of the legislation have emerged, the criticism has become more pointed.
Disputes on textiles have also become more pointed since Sept. 11.
In recent days his language has become more pointed — urged on, undoubtedly, by Israel's threats to act alone.
The debate has become increasingly pointed as hundreds of young people have been processed by the courts with widely varying sentences.
Criticism over the company's offshore tax schemes has become more pointed in recent months, both locally in Cupertino and from Apple's own staff.
As the narrative develops in its improvisatory way, the quoted lyrics become a pointed kind of challenge both to them, and to the reader.
This conflict – between consumers of technology and the geeks who pull us forward into uncharted sociocultural territory – is starting to become more pointed.
Social niceties become particularly pointed considering the feelings of Virgil's family about Seth: He "was clinically insane and, for the sake of everyone's peace of mind and concentration, should be forgotten about, disowned, disavowed, barred".
