Sentence examples for pointed use from inspiring English sources

The woman does not click her heels, as might a boot-wearing folk dancer; she touches the toes of her finely pointed feet together and holds her toe-to-toe position in the air, highlighting ballet's turned-out and pointed use of the feet.

Dickens proposed his own theory to his friend Wilkie Collins, and both made pointed use of the case in later novels.

Though the play made pointed use of sexual and ethnic words that are still seldom heard in polite discussion, these elicited far more giggles than gasps.

He hints at the style of a balladeer, or even of a cabaret singer — an effect accentuated by the pointed use of rolled "r"s.

"The world is safe from that," said Jenny Holzer, the artist known for her pointed use of text in projections and LED displays.

So does Mr. McBurney's staging, with its exaggerated physical renderings of the swift shifting of alliances and its pointed use of a large leather chair as a throne fit for a Mafia-style king.

Avoid gestures such as pointing; use an open palm instead.

The stone points also fit the size and shape of Stone Age points used as spear tips.

The charge points use a membership card scheme to allow access to the network.

If they use power point, use it too.

To correctly manipulate a pressure point, use something blunt.