How to Use pinpoint in a Sentence

pinpoint

1 of 2 noun
  • And Zach Bryan snatched it like a pinpoint pass in the end zone.
    — Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • His road to Bearcat fame as a pinpoint pigskin placer was almost a fluke.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 8 Apr. 2023
  • That choice of footwear pinpoints her sense of style and attention to detail.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 30 Nov. 2023
  • As tiny wounds form on your skin, pinpoint bleeding and some redness will start to appear.
    — Carley Millhone, Health, 9 Sep. 2025
  • At first glance, the pinpoints of light shining in the blackness of space look like little stars.
    — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Alex fizzed in a pinpoint cross to De Rosario, who nodded home from four yards out.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025
  • As the sky starts to turn darker shades of blue-black, scan the sky just above the horizon for a tiny pinpoint of light.
    — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 12 Apr. 2022
  • This takes the pressure off the long list of items and pinpoints what is truly important.
    — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Is a couple of months of pinpoint accuracy his new norm?
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Planet Seen with the naked eye, planets and stars both appear as pinpoints of light.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Its algorithm pinpoints products for users based on their searches in the app.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 22 Nov. 2025
  • With a sheer black bodice, her Dior gown brought her pinpoint sense of elegance to the limelight.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023
  • Would his pinpoint accuracy be the key to his success?
    — Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The assists keep flowing from his pinpoint crosses and passes.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 4 May 2022
  • Stamkos notched his third goal in two games by redirecting Forsberg's pinpoint pass off the right post and in.
    — CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Kim looked a step behind, with a few egregiously errant throws mixed in with some pinpoint passes.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The Brown songs that Avett picked for his tribute pinpoint what’s long set Brown apart from his peers.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Brooks led the offense down the stretch, taking control of the ball and finding the open girl with some pinpoint passes.
    — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2024
  • With a sheer black bodice, her Dior gown brought Lawrence’s pinpoint sense of elegance back to the limelight.
    — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
  • Oladipo setup Tyler Herro for a 3 with a pinpoint cross-court pass in the third quarter.
    — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The former Stanford forward buried the pinpoint pass for his second goal of the season.
    — Laurence Miedema, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • While looking for the reddest stars, the research team found 1,001 pinpoint sources of light.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Olson was rounding third when Aquino scooped up the ground ball, but the pinpoint throw beat Olson to the plate by a step.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 18 Apr. 2022
  • New research pinpoints August 24th as the most common day for workers to call in sick.
    — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • In late summer, the agency used more advanced tools to look for leaks and pinpoint sources of emissions, Kemker said.
    — ProPublica, 5 Dec. 2021
  • His pinpoint control pitches, his arsenal of weapons and pitch shapes helped earn him two Cy Young awards.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • His pinpoint command and deception being utilized against the Phillies hasn’t changed that.
    — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • Walking into the practice facility, there’s a hard-to-pinpoint feeling that fills the room.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 1 Oct. 2022
  • There’s still more work to go to pinpoint exactly when dogs emerged — the first few pages of a storied relationship that’s still going strong.
    — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Out came a pinpoint location in the form of a 14-digit grid coordinate.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026

pinpoint

2 of 2 verb
  • He pinpointed the city on the map.
  • They were finally able to pinpoint the cause of the fire.
  • Rescuers were able to pinpoint where the lost girl was.
  • The military uses computer imaging to pinpoint targets.
  • Don’t even ask them if there will be one; just pinpoint a date.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The pair couldn’t pinpoint the source of the leak and had a hard time getting a plumber.
    — Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The Tigers woes are harder to pinpoint.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Sometimes just naming the stress helps pinpoint how to fix it.
    — Steve Hruby, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The deal comes with its first project already pinpointed.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The signals help rescuers pinpoint the crash site.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Jacobi hoped the scan would help pinpoint the source of the pain in her shoulders.
    — Arielle Zionts, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The inventor of the clock is pretty tricky to pinpoint.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Some experts believe the footage could help pinpoint a shark nursery.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The first challenge is to pinpoint when harm is occurring.
    — Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The Dodgers are trying to pinpoint the answer.
    — Katie Woo, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • Start by pinpointing exactly where your child needs help.
    — Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The exact cause of the latest run-up in Treasury rates is hard to pinpoint.
    — Joe Rennison, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • But no one has pinpointed the proverbial lightning strike that sparked it into life.
    — Simeon Tegel, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The new paper does not go out on a limb to pinpoint which specific trait led to the success of snakes.
    — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Those are hitters who use selectiveness to pinpoint the right pitch to whack.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 20 May 2026
  • The starting point is to sift through the available signals and pinpoint those that are most useful.
    — Tate Olinghouse, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Beacons are used in conjunction with probes to pinpoint those buried and shovels to dig them out.
    — Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
  • But there were few clues to pinpoint the crash site of McKinney’s plane.
    — Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
  • And, so, the two phones are then pinpointed in that same location at the house for a couple of hours.
    — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Their two front middle eyes, which most spiders use to pinpoint prey, have been lost to evolution.
    — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 20 Dec. 2023
  • How is hip-hop able to pinpoint a day to consider its 50th birthday?
    — Keith McMillan, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Sometimes doctors are unable to pinpoint the cause of a patient's pain.
    — Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Scientists, for their part, were hard-pressed to pinpoint the cause of the disaster.
    — Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • This time around, the researchers tried to pinpoint how this light-sensing ability worked.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Their life expectancy in the wild is more difficult to pinpoint.
    — CBS News, 27 May 2026

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