Sentence examples for pointed joke from inspiring English sources
Maybe a pointed joke would help?
There is a pointed joke making the rounds of Palestinian politicians here.
"I tend to find casual antisemitism like that more disturbing than a pointed joke, even a failed attempt at one.
The crowd, which had been rustling, burst into warm laughter at a pointed joke intended to remind them of Mr. Huckabee's earnest underdog campaign.
Like Loudon Wainwright III, he puts his bitterness in the foreground, usually in the service of a pointed joke with a lefty edge.
There is none of the placid softness of Walter in evidence here, and Éluard's outsized claw-hand is a pointed joke that acrobats, like cats, have nine lives.
Whereas last night Mr. Obama often smiled, strangely, at Mitt Romney's pointed jokes without responding in kind, today the president figured out how to mock in return.
Mr. O'Brien on Wednesday began turning to more pointed jokes about Mr. Leno in his monologue, though the most ferocious attacks came from a seeming bystander, Mr. Letterman.
The New York Times praised his "satirically pointed" jokes, but wondered if the host didn't risk becoming a "Ricky Gervais tribute band dutifully smashing his guitar on cue".
Referring to the pointed jokes made this week by Mr. O'Brien and David Letterman of CBS, Mr. Ebersol said it was "chicken-hearted and gutless to blame a guy you couldn't beat in the ratings".
Others are making pointed jokes that it will be the year '2067' and Captain Marvel and black-led superhero movie, Black Panther, will still be delayed to make room for white, male-led films.
