Point

The stars showed as tiny points of yellow light.

Commas and points they set exactly right.

10.5 is "ten point five", or ten and a half.

0.375 cm is nought point three seven five of a centimeter.

Sound the trumpet — not a levant, or a flourish, but a point of war.

The Congress debated the finer points of the bill.

There comes a point in a marathon when some people give up.

At this point in the meeting, I'd like to propose a new item for the agenda.

She was not feeling in good point.

I made the point that we all had an interest to protect.

The point is that we should stay together, whatever happens.

Since the decision has already been made, I see little point in further discussion.

But I love you / More than I wanted to / There's no point in trying to pretend

We're all gonna die What's the point in life What's the point in life if we all die?

full large of limbe and euery ioint / He was, and cared not for God or man a point.

When time's first point begun / Made he all souls.

We should meet at a pre-arranged point.

Logic isn't my strong point.

the points of a horse

Knowledge was always useful, and he had frequently heard the words 'Great Portland Street' on the lips of his son, who regularly perused all the twelve automobilistic papers, and who was apparently the most learned pundit and inclusive encyclopædia ever created on the subject of petrol-driven vehicles, their prices, and their innumerable points.

The point color of that cat was a deep, rich sable.

Possession is nine points of the law.

We have yet to touch on the idea of stars and directors receiving gross points, which is a percentage of the studio's gross dollar (e.g., the $5.00 studio share of the total box office dollar in Table 4.1). Even if the points are paid on "first dollar," the reference is only to studio share.

The one with the most points will win the game.

This attack deals 320 points of damage.

Defeating the boss grants 60 experience points.

Ship ahoy, three points off the starboard bow!

Cut the skin with the point of the knife.

Leaue words & let them feele your lances pointes

His cowboy belt was studded with points.

Solutrean points resemble the canines of the sabre-toothed cats.

Willie Jones decided to become Kimani Jones, Black Panther, on the day his best friend, Otis Nicholson, stepped on a mine while walking point during a sweep in the central highlands.

"When do we pull the trigger?" he asked. I was quick to respond, "If Tammy get's Mrs. Wellington to agree, she'll call you in a couple hours. Then just pull out all stops. Tammy has point on this, I don't want to hear from you unless it's an all clear."

The president’s senior policy adviser, Stephen Miller, has been point on immigration policy.

He captained Regis High School’s 1958 squad, but now runs point on infectious diseases.

Instead of one point-person taking all the parents’ questions, WPSD has “put together coaches and ambassadors to handle calls so one person doesn’t have to handle 2,500 calls,” Woolf said.

to fall off a point

There was moreover a hint of the duchess in the infinite point with which, as she felt, she exclaimed: "And this is what you call coming often?"

I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.

The point, according to Edmondson, (meaning the point pointed,) is an ordinary somewhat resembling the pile, issuing from the base, as in Plate VII. fig. 24, and is sometimes termed a base point pointed, but the word base is superfluous, as that is the proper place of the point;[…]

[…] DCDP children are exposed to more points and gesturelike signs in their linguistic environment […]

The dog came to a point.

tierce point

pick your purse while they tie your points, and cut your throat while they smooth your pillow

point de Venise; Brussels point

And I to make all knovv, I am not ſhallovv, / VVill have my points of Cucchineale and yellovv.

He wore a garb rather fanciful, of a silver-grey colour, trimmed with crimson, and a narrow edging of silver; the lace round his throat was of the finest point; […]

It's rude to point at other people.

Now must the world point at poor Katharine.

Point at the tattered coat and ragged shoe.

Luiz struggled with the movement of Helguson in the box, as he collected a long ball and the Spaniard barged him over, leaving referee Chris Foy little option but to point to the spot.

The arrow of a compass points north

The skis were pointing uphill.

The arrow on the map points towards the entrance

In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.

to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort

Mr. Fitzsimons pointed my attention to an outside car on which was written, "Take warning," or something of that kind, and he pointed that out to me, and drew my attention to it, as a thing likely to intimidate […]

to point a dart, a pencil, or (figuratively) a moral

Tens of thousands of Portuguese, Greek and Irish people have left their homelands this year, many heading for the southern hemisphere. Anecdotal evidence points to the same happening in Spain and Italy.

Damaged stone will be removed, and the new stone installed and pointed to ensure a comprehensive match to maintain the integrity of the structure.

If he asks for food, point him toward the refrigerator.

Whosoever should be guided through his battles by Minerva, and pointed to every scene of them.

to point a composition

Bear off a little, we're pointing.

Novv the vvarm Scent aſſures the Covey near, / He [the dog] treads vvith Caution, and he points vvith Fear; […]

He points it, however, by no deviation from his straightforward manner of speech.

‘Oh, it is the great defect in our Indian character!’ – and, as if to point his criticism, the lights of the Civil Station appeared on a rise to the right.

And he, that points the Centinel his room, Doth license him depart at sound of morning Droom.

Study goes on until tattoo, which, when Pops was at the Point, was sounded at 9.30, followed by taps at 10.

Cornwall County Council asked for a decision on objections raised by property owners to its proposal to convert the site of the railway into a public road for a distance of 1 mile 86 yards from Devoran to Point (Restronguet Creek).