Sentence examples for point of doing something from inspiring English sources

The antidote, was to make a point of doing something nice for someone else or celebrating the successes of others.

"It's hard to figure out how he felt so angry or alienated, that he was able to get to the point of doing something like that".

It often happens that the real point of doing something only emerges clearly after a lot of initial work has been completed, the conscious ideas underpinning it turning out to be the tip of a larger iceberg.

Some people believe it is impossible to have a good day if you do not start it by making your bed; others fail to see the point of doing something that will be undone in 16 hours or so.

So Abramson made a point of doing something that Raines was unlikely to have done: walking over and calling out, "Good morning, Metro desk!" Then she offered congratulations for a front-page story on the admissions policies of New York private schools.

He had met his wife, Concha Munoz, in Spain when he was in Madrid for I.B.M., and the couple, married for nine years, had already begun making plans to move back, perhaps to a Mediterranean shore front, with their two children, Alejandro, 5, and Claudia, 2. What is the point....... of doing something if not all the way?

SWEDE JOSEPH CHEVALIER Not Going Halfway What is the point....... of doing something if not all the way?

Neil was the focal point of that … He was the epitome of doing something that people thought was impossible".

It is a consensus built, repeatable way of doing something.

"a standard is an agreed, repeatable way of doing something.

"From a professional point of view, doing something outside of the box like that may not be well received".