1·She yawned and looked pointedly at her watch.
她打了个哈欠，又刻意地看了看手表。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·They were pointedly absent from the news conference.
他们有意缺席了那场新闻发布会。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·He pointedly ignored the question.
他显然忽略了这问题。
4·She stared pointedly at me.
她严厉地瞪着我。
5·Rep. Waxman asked pointedly, "Were you wrong?"
魏克斯曼直言不讳地问道：“你是不是错了？”
6·The demand for an apology was pointedly refused.
让对方道歉的要求遭到了断然拒绝。
7·He pointedly has avoided passing judgment on Bryant.
他巧妙的避开了对科比的评判。
8·The image of authority he conveys is pointedly ambiguous.
他所表达的权威的视觉表达是不明确的。
9·Nabokov says, pointedly, that, "we were all of the same opinion."
纳博科夫尖锐地说道，“我们意见一致。”
10·He said, pointedly, that this was not a moment for "triumphalism".
他尖锐地指出，这不是一个宣扬必胜信念的时候。