Sentence examples for subject of pointed from inspiring English sources

Adding to its woes, Goldman was the subject of pointed criticism from a former chief executive, Jon Corzine, who said defending its conduct would involve a "very uncomfortable justification".

Brennan's role in that program and the extent of his involvement in and knowledge of severe interrogation methods such as waterboarding during the Bush era were the subject of pointed questioning during his confirmation hearings after Obama nominated him to head the CIA in January 2013.

Google's actions have already been the subject of pointed criticism in Japan, Germany and France, where some publishers and writers reckon it will damage their commercial interests (see article).Under the agreement's terms, Google will be free to digitise most books published in America, including those that are out of print.

But the threat to democratic values and the transatlantic alliance that sustains them implicit in his victory was the subject of a pointed article written by Obama and Merkel, and published in a German weekly.

But that was not the subject of Mr Steinbrück's pointed question.

The subject is led, by a series of pointed, painful questions, on a search for past trauma — earlier in life, before birth, in a previous existence — that can be identified as the source of negative emotion and destructive behavior in the present.

That dialogue was most pointed on the touchy subject of technology.

Obey asked Rumsfeld a series of pointed questions.

A number of pointed questions were left on the table.

Mr. Wagner faced a barrage of pointed questions.

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