How to Use to the point of in a Sentence
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Scripted to the point of obeying all the full stops and the ellipses and the hyphens.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 2 Aug. 2023
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The process even took him to the point of sitting out portions of practice.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 28 July 2024
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And less than half have even got to the point of a test project using AI or proof of concept.
—John Kell, Fortune, 15 May 2024
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But when the ball goes up, Williams can get to the point of attack for a colorful play.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2023
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Getting to the point of exchanging vows had not been easy.
—Frank Litsky, New York Times, 1 May 2024
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In the absence of its figurehead, the restaurant was soon crushed by debt, to the point of closing.
—Mayukh Sen, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
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So does Biehl’s Lucky, who pants and strains to the point of drooling under the weight of Pozzo’s baggage.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2023
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Just be sure to breathe deeply during your stretch and never push yourself to the point of pain, added Ezekh.
—Rebecca Strong, Health, 20 July 2023
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That’s one part, but the most important part is that the state needs to fund education to the point of need.
—Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
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Test recordings were sharp and clear, perhaps to the point of sounding slightly sibilant if the mic was too close to the mouth.
—PCMAG, 24 June 2024
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Whereas the Ioniq 5 feels soft almost to the point of wallowy, the Ioniq 6 is dialed in.
—Rob Verger, Popular Science, 9 Aug. 2023
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Your mileage may vary to the point of completely sputtering out.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
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The administration’s apoplexy has brought us to the point of crisis.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 18 Dec. 2023
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The hospitals still functioning are strained to the point of collapse.
—Declan Walsh Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 5 June 2024
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The bottoms are a little cheeky, but not to the point of discomfort, and very flattering.
—Harper's BAZAAR, 14 June 2023
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Both practices started off frustrating to the point of tears.
—Charlotte Maya, CNN, 7 Aug. 2024
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And through that test, Reynolds learned the little girl was severely anemic – to the point of having a heart murmur.
—The Enquirer, 30 Jan. 2024
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And the barbarians at the gates of New Rome, rabbled-roused to the point of maximum rabidness.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2024
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And if a borrower is in arrears, lenders must make a good-faith effort to collect, even to the point of going to court.
—Jo Becker, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
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And by the same token, to Leigh Ann's point, the rival campaigns are -- are almost to the point of resignation around this.
—ABC News, 23 July 2023
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Then get to the point of the conversation: Figuring out how to move forward.
—Jay Deitcher, SELF, 24 Oct. 2023
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At a certain point, the knot rises into my chest, pressing onto my lungs to the point of causing pain.
—Autumn Micketti, Spin, 3 Oct. 2023
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The engine's stop-start system is smooth to the point of being unnoticeable.
—Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 21 June 2023
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Some people have senses of self that are too fragile to bear an admission of fault, to the point of turning the shame and ridicule on others.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2024
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Baldwin's team will also argue that the FBI test on the gun in 2022 damaged it to the point of destruction of evidence.
—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 10 July 2024
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That may be a good strategy, since some classic horror movie tropes have been overused to the point of self-parody.
—Shelly Tan, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
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The tone is one of admiring dispassion, the approach at times discreet to the point of inertia.
—Michelle Orange, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
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Young harbors no ill will toward the filmmakers for reducing her role of Chani almost to the point of haiku.
—WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
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Emil Foley memorably drove Richard Gere’s character to the point of near collapse at a Navy flight school.
—Carmel Dagan, Variety, 29 Mar. 2024
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In a Zoom call with reporters afterward in the aftermath of the pandemic, Bassitt was emotional to the point of tears.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 9 June 2024
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