This wheel then balances on a sharp pointed object such as a thumbtack, pin, needle, or pen cover firmly planted on a flat surface.

There are signs that a tall pointed object, such as a funerary monument, was connected to the south wall.

Community group leaders told parents the youngsters — aged five and under — might hurt each other if they brought along pointed objects.

The most pointed question of the night came from a middle-aged gentleman.

Under pointed questioning, the old maverick warned his colleagues not to make 'damaging and unsupportable' spending cuts too soon.

This can in turn be cross-checked against data from other assessment tools and then used to frame pointed questions for the interview.

The reason was, he'd asked open-ended, pointed questions of his two interlocutors, and then he listened.

We could ask pointed questions and pray for one another.

It was the first time he had made such a pointed reference to the physical harm he endured in prison.

She later made pointed reference to the decision to allow selected members of the public into the castle grounds.

There are pointed references to the myriad ways in which your body starts to malfunction once you pass a certain altitude.

Tight-fitting, heeled and pointed shoes are not always directly to blame but exacerbate any predisposition to foot deformity.

When we invited her round for an informal summer barbecue, she made much of his primrose cashmere sweater thrown around his shoulders, and his pointed shoes that she found 'dodgy'.

And avoid narrow, pointed shoes.

And there, a third triangle, as the pointed snout broke the surface.

Its lack of legs and pointed snout help it to slither across the soil like a snake.

Around three feet long, it has the diameter and density of industrial fishing rope, its glossy, muscular gray-green body tapering to a sharp-angled dorsal fin and pointed snout.

The pointed snout extends beyond the lower jaw.

The fish has a pointed snout with protuberant lips encircling a small mouth.

Plant 4in-6in deep, with the pointed tip upwards, in a sheltered, sunny spot.

Broad, but generally with pointed tip.

The pointed tip gets under the cheekbones and around the eyes to help depuff and lift muscle, while the wider part of the paddle works the forehead and cheeks.

From about halfway up the tree the leaves have no prickles, except for a pointed tip.

Some of the leaves have a small point at the tip, but not the sharply pointed tip found on the leaves of most other poplars.

The pointed toe and lack of heel makes these shoes surprisingly flattering, and they're the perfect intersection between preppy and chic.

She dropped the stub on to the drive and extinguished it delicately with the pointed toe of her shoe, then stooped and retrieved it.

That equates to a badly pointed toe.

Offers and feature a pointed toe.

I was appalled that the dancers were allowed to dance and the audience were encouraged to shout and scream at the least pointed toe or lift.