Sentence examples for pointed power from inspiring English sources

Another one, the new record's title track, comes close to the Buzzcocks' "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)." Sometimes a riff is just a riff, but played a certain way at a certain speed, it's a reference, and there's a pointed power in a reference, a kind of self-identification.

The Viggen usually goes where it's pointed, and the power assist is nicely tempered to allow adequate road feel.

The most pointed articulation of the power of the Moore campaign was still Bannon's.

She relies almost exclusively on lineation and tone for her effects, and writes spare, pointed lyrics of remarkable power.

However, Lehmann (1998) pointed out that the power function of the rank-sum test, Equation (2), was only qualitative.

When he landed in London on Monday morning, Kerry took the opportunity to state that it was time for Assad to relinquish power, a pointed reinforcement of longstanding Obama administration policy.

Because the trauma took place within the context of a relationship, and the student and I are now entering into a relationship (even more pointed, a relationship with power dynamics, teacher-student), there are times when I have been the source of a trigger for someone.

"There is a human cost to the political impasse that has come to characterise the response of the international community to the war in Syria... "Increased arm transfers hurt the prospect of a political settlement to the conflict... and have devastating consequences for civilians," it says, in what correspondents say is a pointed message to foreign powers.

But those two movies nonetheless offer a potent -- and to some, perhaps, a pointed -- fantasy of executive power under duress.

Demands by the bank for repayment were met by threats and pointed remarks about his political power.

He led her to the power tools and pointed to the top-of-the-line $139 model that, with its adjustable speed, doubles as a screwdriver and a drill.