How to Use to the point of in a Sentence

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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
• Once the two stars get to the point of no return, mass will shift from one white dwarf to the other.
  — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
• Here, it's got to the point of death threats against Samantha from fans of Meghan.
  — Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
• Several people are nice to me, but not to the point of being friends.
  — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 15 July 2025
• The closing lines of the sneak peek getting to the point of the entire story.
  — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 19 Nov. 2025
• Scripted to the point of obeying all the full stops and the ellipses and the hyphens.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 2 Aug. 2023
• However, sometimes that truth can come off as blunt to the point of rudeness.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
• Leaves, sticks, and other debris can build up to the point of creating a clog.
  — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2024
• For freezing, prepare the soup up to the point of shredding and adding chicken back in.
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2026
• Your mileage may vary to the point of completely sputtering out.
  — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
• Its hero has become shorthand, to the point of cliché, to describe any long slumber.
  — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
• 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
• Adding this to the point of breakout projects a $3800 price target.
  — Bill Sarubbi, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
• But Denver is not yet to the point of having to mandate such actions.
  — The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2026
• 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
• Staffing has increased to the point of having half a dozen officers on weekend nights.
  — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
• 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
• 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
• Pepe aims for a staging that’s unadorned to the point of attention-grabbing.
  — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2025
• Khamenei’s stance is at once recalcitrant and cautious to the point of cowardice.
  — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 22 June 2025
• 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
• The hospitals still functioning are strained to the point of collapse.
  — Declan Walsh Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 5 June 2024
• The column was, if anything, meek to the point of embarrassing.
  — Ruth Marcus, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
• The administration’s apoplexy has brought us to the point of crisis.
  — Noah Rothman, National Review, 18 Dec. 2023
• Chance may be a man of the people, and often confident to the point of peevishness.
  — Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2025
• The fire marshal’s role extends to the point of identifying the area of origin and cause of a fire.
  — Gracie Stockton, Twin Cities, 11 Aug. 2025
• 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
• 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
• These, too, have been confounding to the point of nonsensical.
  — Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
• The bottoms are a little cheeky, but not to the point of discomfort, and very flattering.
  — Harper's BAZAAR, 14 June 2023