POINTED in a Sentence

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325 example sentences for POINTED, such as:

1. Benedict pointed downwards again with his stick.
2. The words rose and pointed a finger of scorn at him.
3. I nudged her and pointed to the man across the street.
4. A series of yellow arrows pointed the way to reception.
5. A safety pin has a metal covering over the pointed end.

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pointed
 a.  directed negatively at a person or topic
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The old crone drew out an evening paper, and pointed at our advertisement.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
2  The German name of the victim, the absence of all other motive, and the sinister inscription on the wall, all pointed to its perpetration by political refugees and revolutionists.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
3  The Boots pointed out the door to me, and was about to go downstairs again when I saw something that made me feel sickish, in spite of my twenty years' experience.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
4  They were about to resume their journey when one of the youngest and keenest-eyed uttered an exclamation and pointed up at the rugged crag above them.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
5  They had sat down to their breakfast when Lucy with a cry of surprise pointed upwards.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
6  They had reached the very wildest and most desolate portion of the pass when the girl gave a startled cry, and pointed upwards.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
7  It was the Echo for the day, and the paragraph to which he pointed was devoted to the case in question.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
8  But those passing behind her-- she pointed.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
9  The words rose and pointed a finger of scorn at him.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 10
10  The gilt hands of the stable clock pointed inflexibly at two minutes to the hour.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 10
11  Mr. Enfield and the lawyer were on the other side of the by-street; but when they came abreast of the entry, the former lifted up his cane and pointed.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER STORY OF THE DOOR
12  So great and unprepared a change pointed to madness; but in view of Lanyon's manner and words, there must lie for it some deeper ground.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER REMARKABLE INCIDENT OF DR. LANYON
13  "Ay, but he held his sword in his left hand, and so pointed across his body with it," said the Templar.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
14  A double stockade, or palisade, composed of pointed beams, which the adjacent forest supplied, defended the outer and inner bank of the trench.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
15  These were calculated in some degree to abate the dangers of the day; a precaution the more necessary, as the conflict was to be maintained with sharp swords and pointed lances.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
Example Sentence: (115 in 8 pages)
16  The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.
17  Another participant pointed out that the Northern Ireland budget over the last five years had only increased in line with inflation.
18  A safety pin has a metal covering over the pointed end.
19  A series of yellow arrows pointed the way to reception.
20  Benedict pointed downwards again with his stick.
21  I nudged her and pointed to the man across the street.
22  Recently, a non-programmer friend pointed out that there is no simple explanation of capability available on the web.
23  In gymnastics, a layout is a position in which the gymnast's body is completely stretched, toes pointed and legs straight.
24  Our rocket artillery is simply a mass of rounds pointed at the general area of the enemy.
25  A renowned Tibetan lama pointed out that Westerners think people in the East tend to be more introspective and less concerned with material success.
26  A pointed tool, such as a spike or chisel, used for breaking rock or ore.
27  And Alice was so much frightened that she ran off at once in the direction it pointed to, without trying to explain the mistake it had made.
28  Newport pointed out that disapproval ratings for President Bush were 47 percent in January 2004, just 10 months before he won a second term.
29  The bandmaster pointed this boy out as one of those who would have no difficulty in getting into a band outside.
30  The e-mail change was first pointed out by bloggers over the weekend and publicized by media outlets Monday, leading to gripes from users, usually on their Facebook pages.