Example Sentences

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He is then alleged to have been pointing his mobile phone at the training session while wearing in-ear headphones - as shown in the above photo.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Growing national data sets have been pointing toward an uptick in breast cancer among younger women, which has encouraged experts to reconsider recommended screening ages and how patients are evaluated for risk.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2025

Dear Appreciated: These responses make me believe that many grandparents have been pointing their praise and compliments in the wrong direction.

From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2023

In the aftermath of SVB’s March 10 collapse, fingers have been pointing everywhere.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2023

In very recent times, however, our bacteriologists have been pointing out to the world certain entirely new means of assisting the body to fight its battles with bacterial diseases.

From The Story of Germ Life by Conn, H. W. (Herbert William)