Pointed

Examples

• She called to me faintly, and pointed to a little phial in her work-box. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He stooped a little, and with his tattered blue cap pointed under the carriage. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He led them into a stone kitchen, fitted with coppers for dressing the prison food, and pointed to a door. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Ay, but he held his sword in his left hand, and so pointed across his body with it, said the Templar. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• You go away like this, he pointed to the thumb, and come back like this, he touched the little finger. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The house presented two pointed gables in its front; the windows were latticed and narrow: the front door was narrow too, one step led up to it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Asking the operator the best direction, he pointed west, and noticing a rabbit in a clear space in the sage bushes, I said, 'There is one now. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He made some motion with his mouth, and seemed to think he had spoken; but he had only pointed to her with his outstretched hand. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The two pointed pieces of hard conducting carbon used for the separated terminals constitute the voltaic arc light--a light only excelled in intense brilliancy by the sun itself. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The lines, she said, were waterways; the circles, cities; and one far to the northwest of us she pointed out as Helium. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• He pointed behind him at the boat, and gasped to that degree that he dropped upon the stones to get his breath. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• How they showed their scars and sores, and piteously pointed to their maimed and crooked limbs, and begged with their pleading eyes for charity! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The new window gave a view of the road, and had many advantages, as Mrs. Hepworth pointed out. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• D'Alibard, who made the first experiments in France, says that he only followed the tract which Franklin had pointed out. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• So saying, he pointed successively to two corners of the hut. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Later, the bowl became more pointed, the drop was replaced by a tongue, and the handle, after 1760, instead of slightly curving to the front at the end, reversed the position. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I pointed to the spot where he had disappeared, and we followed the track with boats; nets were cast, but in vain. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• That answer pointed as straight to Miss Rachel as straight could be. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• This morning at breakfast he pointed out of the window and said: Do you see that there hill out there on that African coast? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Somewhat later, the handle became pointed, and was engraved with bright, cut ornaments and a cartouch at the end in which were engraved the initials of the owner. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I pointed out to him that the circumstances were after all suspicious--they were suspicious. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Tell me first, I said, how the Indian in the armoury met his death, and what those last words meant, when he pointed to the dagger in your hand. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• When I went upstairs with him he pointed to several footprints upon the light carpet. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Adele, who appeared to be still under the influence of a most solemnising impression, sat down, without a word, on the footstool I pointed out to her. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Slowly but surely the results of the last few thousands of his preliminary experiments had pointed inevitably to a new and fruitful region ahead. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He pointed, as he spoke, to several portfolios placed near the window, on mahogany stands. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I asked and pointed at the other girl. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• If you could have pointed him out, I would have committed him instantly,' said the judge. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• As was pointed out in the discussion of habit-forming (ante, p. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• I didn't suppose you needed to have them pointed out. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.

Editor: Orville