Meaning of finger-pointing | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of pointing a finger or fingers.
   uncountable, usually
2. The making of accusations; the assigning of blame.
   figuratively, informal, uncountable, usually

Examples

“Fortunately, more often, these authorial throat-clearings and finger-pointings enrich the text. Even the sample quoted above moves on to a vivid evocation of the very physical aspects of a hunt. Perhaps surprisingly for a writer so easily caricatured as a dry Marxist theoretician, Berger excels in such sensual descriptions.”

“Colleagues complained that Mr Raab’s “physical gestures” were used in a threatening way. Loud banging on tables and finger-pointing were among the allegations.”

“Dr. [Kirsty] Graham argues that the recruitment view offers new ideas about why apes struggle to recognize gestures that are easy for us to understand, such as finger-pointing.”

“With the folding in November of Los Angeles Opera Theater came the expected finger-pointings and second-guessings among company officials.”

“A huge amount of material on this matter has come into public view: allegations and leaks, backgrounders and briefings, statements and press conferences, sidesteppings and finger-pointings.”

“Relentless were the accusatory finger-pointings.”

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