Pointing in example sentence

And even where revenues are otherwise adequate, states have an incentive to spend more on social programs and, pointing to the resulting deficits, ask for additional federal transfers.

More example sentences with word pointing

And the talks got off to a rather rocky start when the vice president of Chechnya began by pointing at the Russians and said, "You should stay right here in your seats, because you're going to be on trial for war crimes."

PJ: Not at all? Man: No. Switching the pictures as far as ... PJ: Yeah, you were pointing at one of them but I actually gave you the opposite.

PJ: You were pointing at one, but then I gave you the other one.

Or look at the foreign word and the sounds: can you get a sense of the range of meanings that it's pointing you towards?

All example sentences