Sentence examples for measures of pointed from inspiring English sources

The coda involves the statement of the main theme in the tonic that the listener might have been expecting, and it does so after two measures of pointed silence.

Only hours before, its Communist president, Demetris Christofias — the self-described "red sheep of Europe" — had attacked the European Union, saying that the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund had operated like a "colonial force" by demanding cost-cutting measures of distressed countries, a pointed reference to its big brother, Greece.

Republicans beat back a series of pointed amendments by Democrats to the $369 billion measure.

Formenti nonetheless received a soloist's bravos after the final bone-jangling measure, perhaps in admiration for heroically cutting through the dense thickets of pointed syncopations and thorny note clusters without leaving a drop of blood on the stage.

Obey asked Rumsfeld a series of pointed questions.

A number of pointed questions were left on the table.

However, total liquefaction of the catalyst particle is only observed during the growth of pointed tubes.

US judges were also on the end of pointed criticism.

Approximately 30% of pointed observations will be allocated to an open-time opportunity.

Mr. Wagner faced a barrage of pointed questions.

According to Rigopulos, McCartney asked a lot of pointed questions.