How to Use to the point in a Sentence

to the point

phrase
  • The level of football around the world has grown to the point where there are very few truly weak teams.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 30 June 2026
  • Don't scrub a mesh filter too hard, which can tear or warp it to the point that the filter ends up needing replacing.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
  • The aim in the cage is to knock the other guy’s block off, and then to pile on to the point of submission with a flurry of punches.
    — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
  • Significant rain can leave open trash cans soggy and soak any outdoor debris to the point of decay.
    — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • The tourniquet must be placed above the wound and tightened to the point where a pulse can no longer be felt, according to Perry.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
  • Meaning, connecting deeply with the audience to the point of a congenial fracture of time and space.
    — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 1 July 2026
  • The women alleged they were often choked by the brothers, sometimes to the point of passing out, before being raped.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 22 July 2026
  • Ethan Roberts’ right forearm inflammation has improved to the point of throwing a bullpen Wednesday.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026
  • The Northern Irish temperament is stoic to the point of obstinance.
    — Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
  • No amount of time-traveling expeditions to reboot or create alternate timelines can save it now, because it's been done to the point of overkill.
    — Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 3 July 2026
  • Vanicek seems more interested in slathering on the gore, to the point where the movie starts to seem less like a full-bodied story than a string of hyper-violent set pieces.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
  • The search was hampered by the fact that Horan’s gravestone, like many at Blake Street, had eroded to the point that it could no longer be identified.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026
  • Japan’s players, initially reverential to the point of deference in Zico’s presence, came out of their shells.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 29 June 2026
  • Occhicone has difficulties hearing, seeing, and walking, to the point that guards have to help him in and out of the shower and up and down stairs, according to court records filed by his lawyers.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 24 July 2026
  • The buildings reportedly declined from age and weather to the point where renovation to meet code requirements would be too expensive.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 29 July 2026
  • The talks between the Red Sox and Angels regarding Neto last winter did not progress to the point of exchanging names.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 23 July 2026
  • Now, fans can be inundated with recruiting news and factoids just by hanging out on social media, to the point where you're almost beaten over the head with it on a near daily basis.
    — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
  • That the Protect College Sports Act has gotten to the point where the Senate could vote on it this week is already an upset.
    — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Many of these tracks barely touch two minutes, sometimes not even 90 seconds, and with such a profusion of directions, certain ideas feel fleeting to the point of frustration.
    — Oba Awolowo, Pitchfork, 3 July 2026
  • Despite this effort, symptoms escalated to the point of eight hospitalizations and an ICU stay in four months.
    — Shannon Dingey, Health, 1 July 2026
  • Roberts said Smith has not been able to accelerate his rehabilitation to the point of doing baseball activities.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • As the young man became increasingly worked up to the point of tears, his dad offered to take him to Taco Bell to talk things over, since his son had promised to be honest about the situation.
    — Christian Dashiell, Parents, 1 Aug. 2026
  • But the 64-year-old star, now back in New York City with her one-woman show, Common Knowledge, gets right to the point—as always.
    — Liz McNeil, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026
  • On safety, Anthropic is also toeing a line between being safe, but not being too cautious, to the point of refusing legitimate safety work.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 24 July 2026
  • Even if a court reverses the decision, the patient’s condition may have worsened to the point where the treatment is no longer clinically indicated or as effective.
    — Miranda Yaver, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • Everyone on the farm, humans and animals alike, are feeling the heat this summer, to the point Ritter considered canceling petting zoo visits this weekend.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
  • This brings us to the point that while the project focused on coffee grounds, the technology can be applied to a wide range of high-moisture organic waste, including food waste, agricultural residues, and even sewage sludge.
    — New Atlas, 1 July 2026
  • In other words, the department rescinded its directive only after Anthropic’s models were hobbled to the point that many benign queries now trigger the guardrails.
    — João Marinotti, The Conversation, 21 July 2026
  • For years, China’s AI race was dominated by a quest for market share at all costs, to the point that companies gave away tech, shopping vouchers, and even cash to attract users.
    — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 31 July 2026
  • Its reporting angered not only other Arab leaders, sometimes to the point of diplomatic rupture, but also riled Washington.
    — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026

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