Examples of “pointing” in a Sentence

noun The act of indicating direction or location with a finger or object.

• Pointing is considered rude in some cultures, so ask before you do it.
• His pointing helped the lost tourist find the way to the station.
• The child's pointing at the sky drew everyone's attention to the rainbow.

noun The mortar used to fill the joints between bricks or stones, or the process of applying it.

• The old cottage needs new pointing before the winter rains arrive.
• The bricklayer repaired the crumbling pointing along the chimney.
• Fresh pointing gave the old stone wall a much tidier finish.

noun The system of punctuation marks used in writing.

• Her essay lost marks because the pointing was so careless that whole sentences ran together.
• Good pointing helps a reader know exactly where to pause.
• Older manuscripts often used a different style of pointing than modern printed text.