Word info

at the point of

Preposition

Meaning

at the point of

Alternative form of on the point of

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

People fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Jim Morrison

The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment. Celia Green

The day will come, sooner or later, when people will wonder at the necessity of taking all this trouble to expose the folly of a system, so childish and absurd, and yet so often enforced at the point of a bayonet. Jean-Baptiste Say

God is not remote from us. He is at the point of my pen, my (pick) shovel, my paint brush, my (sewing) needle - and my heart and thoughts. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

A responsive administration is tested most at the point of interface between the administration and the people. Rajiv Gandhi

The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking. Mia Hamm

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