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But there's increasing grumbling about Valentine's Day, a vaguely defined occasion that forces people, at arrow-point, to declare their deepest emotions, and maybe even to manufacture some that aren't there.

Send Me No Flowers 2009

There's increasing grumbling about Valentine's Day, a vaguely defined occasion that forces people, at arrow-point, to declare their deepest emotions, and maybe even to manufacture some that aren't there.

Strike Three! 2009

“They may have us at arrow-point, and we may have to vote for this even with their obnoxious provisions.”

McCain Says Bailout Bill He Voted For Is "Putting Us On The Brink Of Economic Disaster" 2009

The shock came first — fast, arrow-point shock straight to the gut.

Blood Brothers Roberts, Nora 2007

Clippings from my claws can be made into an arrow-point, just as elf-shot can be.

The Elvenbane Lackey, Mercedes 1991

Zed had just finished setting the last of the claw-scraps into an arrow-point when Valyn found him.

The Elvenbane Lackey, Mercedes 1991

These may be shot into an oak-tree and extracted by a twist of the hand close to the arrow-point.

Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls Anonymous

It is a characteristic trait, that he has a great regard for the memory of the Indian tribes, whose wild life would have suited him so well; and, strange to say, he seldom walks over a ploughed field without picking up an arrow-point, spear-head, or other relic of the red man, as if their spirits willed him to be the inheritor of their simple wealth.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 Various

This arrow-point -- or, it may be, spear-head -- was found twenty feet from the surface; and almost directly above it, and distant only thirteen inches, was a vertebra of an elephant.

The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races Emory Adams Allen

The first rushed forward, but as he lowered his huge head to attack, the arrow-point, hardened in the fire, shot forth in a sheet of flame, and buried itself to the feather in the brain, passing through the thin walls of the top of the skull.

Adrift in the Ice-Fields Charles W. Hall