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
• The process even took him to the point of sitting out portions of practice.
  — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 28 July 2024
• 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
• 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
• Getting to the point of exchanging vows had not been easy.
  — Frank Litsky, New York Times, 1 May 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Your mileage may vary to the point of completely sputtering out.
  — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
• The administration’s apoplexy has brought us to the point of crisis.
  — Noah Rothman, National Review, 18 Dec. 2023
• The hospitals still functioning are strained to the point of collapse.
  — Declan Walsh Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 5 June 2024
• The bottoms are a little cheeky, but not to the point of discomfort, and very flattering.
  — Harper's BAZAAR, 14 June 2023
• Both practices started off frustrating to the point of tears.
  — Charlotte Maya, CNN, 7 Aug. 2024
• 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
• And the barbarians at the gates of New Rome, rabbled-roused to the point of maximum rabidness.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2024
• 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
• 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
• Then get to the point of the conversation: Figuring out how to move forward.
  — Jay Deitcher, SELF, 24 Oct. 2023
• 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
• The engine's stop-start system is smooth to the point of being unnoticeable.
  — Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 21 June 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Young harbors no ill will toward the filmmakers for reducing her role of Chani almost to the point of haiku.
  — WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 30 Aug 2024