Sentence examples for there is a pointed from inspiring English sources

There is a pointed joke making the rounds of Palestinian politicians here.

The circumstances are enigmatic, but there is a pointed contrast between the muscled phalanx of men who make the selection and the cowering ranks of women who provide the victim.

There is a pointed chancel arch and three steps between the nave and chancel, with a further step to the sanctuary, which has a mosaic floor.

There is a pointed coincidence too in a disagreement of this magnitude coming over this particular movie: Grace Kelly's personal tale itself is about an association between U.S. and European parties that is viewed very differently by each side.

On the north side, there is a pointed doorway from the early 14th century, with a 19th-century window to the west and two repositioned 15th-century windows with two lights (sections of window separated by mullions) to the east.

The great alchemical joke, in which there is a pointed lesson for all of us in the west, is that the 'gold' that is the ultimate prize of all alchemists, indeed all people, is not found in the ground.

"Evolution II," which comes out on Tuesday, expands the concept to include a rhythm section and guitar, but Mr. Lewis retains firm control; there's a pointed lack of interaction in the group, which isn't the drawback you might expect.

No! Shut up!" I said, when he pointed it out during a scene in which Idgie (Mary Stuart Masterson and Ruth Mary-Louise Parkerer) go for a platonic picnic, and there's a pointed close-up of Ruth dipping her fingers into a pot of honey.

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.

There's a pointed moment when Mark Antony, picking up a severed head from the battlefield, casually tosses it as though it were no more than a rugby ball at Octavius Caesar – a detail that seems to sum up the production's rueful take on the dehumanising cost of civil strife.

This was the penultimate day of international swimming before the polyurethene suits are banned (a contest in St Petersburg finishes tomorrow) and there was a pointed reference from Michael Phelps after he was third in the 200m freestyle to looking forward to the new year when "it [swimming] is going to be more of a sport than it is".