Sentence examples for is less pointed than from inspiring English sources

The result is less pointed than "Dragons".

The criticism of Dearlove is less pointed than that of Scarlett.

"Conspirata" is less pointed than that, the political stratagems it recounts so rococo and dastardly they would make Karl Rove quiver and James Carville blush.

Although his dig is less pointed than Updike's, Murakami will have known the effect that even such a glancing nod to the Swedish Academy will have had on his readership: in Japan, fans have taken to gathering in cafes with champagne on ice on the day that the news comes from Stockholm.

Ed is a good broadcaster because he is wonderfully himself on air; and with that slightly plummy, mellifluous voice and a thoughtful, occasionally discursive, manner, he can lull some interviewees into thinking his questions are less pointed than they are.

She also mentioned leaving Ben Gazzara for Rock Hudson, but her explanation in her Carlyle show — "He talked me out of it" — was less pointed than what she told the audience in "Elaine Stritch at Liberty": "You know what a bad decision that turned out to be".

Rouhani's op-ed was less pointed and arguably more subtle than some others that have made waves in recent weeks because - unlike Russia's Vladimir Putin writing recently in The New York Times - the smiling cleric who succeeded the much-vilified Mahmoud Ahmadinejad cares intensely what Americans think about him.

Local reporters' questions often are less pointed.

Some appeals are less pointed, yet intriguing.

There was less pointed advocacy in the artists' sets, and in some cases less was better.

Other settings are less pointed but take on an unexpected relevance or lend an intriguing tension.