as in pointed
tapering to a thin tip the spired mountain peaks known as the Teton Range

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Recent Examples of spired For instant — but challenging — immersion, take the short and often steep hike to the spired Cathedral Rock (about a mile, out and back). New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025 Its terra-cotta walls and spired boxwoods signal the style instantly, and inside are huge arched wooden doors and bespoke kitchen tiling. Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024 Across the Rio Grande in Matamoros, church bells would ring and the spired cathedrals would remind the Irish soldiers of the old world. Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2024 It and the campsite are stunningly situated on Dickson Lake, which is bounded by a spired glacier at the far end of the water that lights up pink with the sunrise. Cassidy Randall, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2023 Although the occupying German forces had begun retreating, snipers in and around the city’s historic twin-spired 13th-century Gothic cathedral were still firing at the arriving American and French army troops and the ragtag local resistance fighters. Phil Davison, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023 Two other pioneer-era Utah temples — the iconic six-spired Salt Lake Temple, now shrouded in scaffolding, and the treasured Manti Temple — are undergoing major renovations as well. Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Mar. 2022
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Adjective
  • The actress coordinated her look with a pair of black pointed-toe bootie heels.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Style it with work pants and pointed-toe boots for an easy, office-ready outfit, or wear it with jeans and sneakers when heading out on brisk fall days.
    Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Nix started the fourth quarter finishing an eight-play, 78-yard touchdown drive that led to a Tony Franklin touchdown on a tipped pass.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Then came the tipped pass that ended as Beck’s fourth pick of the night.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Riding the ‘Bus’ Filip Gustavsson was really sharp again, giving the Wild a chance by keeping it close.
    Joe Smith, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The brow of the mountain represents Budj Bim’s forehead, the sharp basalt scoria rocks are the giant’s teeth, and the lava flows are his blood, which poured over the land.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The actress is clearly relishing the opportunity to deliver Aaron Sorkin’s barbed dialogue (though perhaps not as much as Philip Seymour Hoffman, who steals the show as an explosive CIA functionary).
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Watch this just for all the quick lands and barbed moments here alone.
    Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Spired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spired. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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