Salient

“Now, Piter, outline for my nephew the salient features of our campaign against the House of Atreides.

The last salient point in which the systems of these creatures differed from ours was in what one might have thought a very trivial particular.

It seemed to me that we were simply going over and over the same ground again; and so I took note of some salient point, and found that this was so.

With the exception of this issue which was left free, and which constituted what Folard in his strategical style would have termed a branch and taking into account, also, the narrow cutting arranged on the Rue de la Chanvrerie, the interior of the barricade, where the wine-shop formed a salient angle, presented an irregular square, closed on all sides.

One of the salient points of his character was the search for adventures and a love of romance.

Which event or person emerged as the salient point of his narration?

“Not only the big, salient, vital facts, about how fast the Sunday School—and the collection—is growing, but a lot of humorous gossip and kidding: about how some blowhard fell down on his pledge to get new members, or the good time the Sacred Trinity class of girls had at their wieniewurst party.

One salient fact could be depended upon, however: The elfin figure seated across from her was deadly dangerous.