How to Use point toward in a Sentence

point toward

phrasal verb

• The horn was wedged firmly in place with the three tines pointing toward the roof of the gator’s mouth.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 5 Oct. 2023
• And the dog will move its snout to point toward the correct person.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 24 Apr. 2023
• The more the North Pole points toward the sun, the more daylight people in the Northern Hemisphere will have.
  — Kolbe Nelson, CBS News, 20 June 2023
• Each book earns you points toward a reading goal for the summer with changes to win prizes at the end of the summer.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2023
• My cousin, standing to the side, pointed toward the church behind us.
  — Emefa Addo Agawu, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
• Stacked with this fare sale, fliers could earn up to 3,000 Rapid Rewards points toward their next flight.
  — Stella Shon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2024
• Each team is given a single-word clue and works against the clock to guess the Password and earn points toward a cash prize.
  — Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 June 2023
• Using the jig, drill long, angled holes into the face of one board, pointing toward the edge.
  — Jean Levasseur, Popular Science, 26 July 2023
• And two pieces of news this week point toward things getting even better.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
• That kept him from running in the Preakness and he was pointed toward the Belmont.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2023
• George pointed toward the regalia, twirling on the dancers’ bodies.
  — Kayla J. Dunn, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
• The price will be a big concern, with some rumors pointing toward $1,000.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 22 May 2023
• Goblet Squat How to: Stand with feet hip-width apart and hold a weight in front of chest with both hands, elbows pointing toward the floor.
  — Women's Health, 5 July 2023
• Those differences point toward the risks in 2025, when the debt limit drama restarts and tax breaks for the middle class and wealthy alike are on the verge of lapsing.
  — Josh Boak, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2023
• But do these drugs point toward a root cause of metabolic disease?
  — Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
• The winner of the sprint gets eight points toward the drivers and constructors championship.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 29 July 2023
• One wing holds the bedrooms and points toward Mount Saint Helena and the sunrise; the other, which holds the kitchen and the dining and living rooms, faces the sunset.
  — Tim McKeough, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2024
• Five or six mourners sat in a circle on the sidewalk, knees up, their long legs pointing toward a middle.
  — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2023
• The new pet is a beloved addition to the sorority house until a series of deaths point toward the sloth as the prime murder suspect.
  — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 26 July 2023
• The loaded Glock handgun lay in his lap, its barrel pointed toward the entrance.
  — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
• All the current data and future trends point toward the same direction.
  — Csaba Toth, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• Along the empty streets of Lahaina, the warped shells of vehicles sit as if frozen in time, some of them still in the middle of the road, pointed toward escapes that were cut short.
  — Mike Baker Philip Cheung, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023
• That means, as the Earth revolves around the sun, the North Pole will point toward the center of our solar system during certain points of the year and away from it at other points.
  — Kolbe Nelson, CBS News, 20 June 2023
• Hinge forward on your left leg until the dumbbells come close to the floor, keeping your right leg in line with your torso and your right foot pointed toward the floor.
  — Andrew Heffernan, Men's Health, 4 May 2023
• The prevailing sentiment points toward making the move to nine from the eight-game plan adopted after Missouri and Texas A&M jumped in the pool back in 2012.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 25 May 2023
• In this video, someone stuck a fork on the nail, so the nail is securely sandwiched between two prong and the fork's handle is pointed toward the ceiling.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 29 Aug. 2023
• Each type of adverse experience counts as one point toward the ACEs score, with a score ranging from zero to 10.
  — Sydney Durrah, STAT, 21 Mar. 2024
• And starting next spring, the airline will allow all Rapid Rewards members to pay for a trip with a combination of cash and points, putting as few as 1,000 points toward the bill.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2023
• But all signs point toward his performance on X struggling to keep pace with one of his poorer performances on YouTube.
  — Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, 22 Jan. 2024
• Asked for an explanation, Wicker pointed toward the middle of the field.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024