pointe
noun
the tip of the toe.
pointes
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pluralof pointe.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Boone scored eight pointes early in the second half as the Cowboys put together a 10-3 run to build a 14-point lead, 50-36 with 10:32 remaining.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
Johnson may be old, slow and worn down, but he is never sur les pointes.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2011
She swirled in flamencos, glided through a waltz, and in the purple breeches of a matador climaxed a gymnastic bullfight on pointes as delicately as a Russian ballerina.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their ten-month-old daughter Maria, Youskevitch says, "stays on her pointes very good."
From Time Magazine Archive
To those whiche aske where aboutes the stable standes, he pointes vnto it with the wagging of his hand.
From One dialogue, or Colloquye of Erasmus (entituled Diuersoria) Translated oute of Latten into Englyshe: And Imprinted, to the ende that the Judgement of the Learned maye be hadde before the Translator procede in the reste. by Desiderius Erasmus
