as in pointed
tapering to a thin tip
wears high heels with very pointy toes even though they kill her feet
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Recent Examples of pointy
Pointing you to Elf Day (2020), a film that chronicles people with pointy ears and pointy hats who work together to save the holiday.
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Skyler Caruso, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
My butt was covered in ornaments, including large baubles and pointy wooden edges.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
Always remember, friends: Fish knives are pointy at the end, and butter knives are round.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
The Clovis people were known to brandish an array of pointy stone tools that archaeologists have inferred to be hunting weapons.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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Skyler Caruso, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
My butt was covered in ornaments, including large baubles and pointy wooden edges.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
Always remember, friends: Fish knives are pointy at the end, and butter knives are round.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
The Clovis people were known to brandish an array of pointy stone tools that archaeologists have inferred to be hunting weapons.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for pointy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pointy
Adjective
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Shaheen also delivered a pointed message to Rubio, warning that aggression would only escalate matters.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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The public’s rage raises a very pointed question about the idea that profits are the sole measure by which a business should be judged.—
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airmail.news,
25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Markets heaved a sigh of relief and made sharp turnarounds on the news.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2025
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The siblings were known for their sharp sense of humor, underscored when both became popular talk show hosts.—
Hassan Tayir,
CNN,
3 Feb. 2025
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Manny found Gabriela, who had tripped and gotten tangled in a barbed wire fence, twisting her ankle.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
31 Jan. 2025
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The sun is shining outside, but the darkness of the multistory complex – a network of torture chambers and cold cells cut off from the outside world by concrete walls and a latticework of braided barbed wire – is overwhelming.—
Scott Peterson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Pointy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pointy. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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